Fig. 1. Representative crystal structures of Au NCs capped by different ligands using the gold salt (complex) reduction method. CHT-H: cyclohexanethiol; PET-H: phenylethanethiol; H-S-Adm: adamantanethiol; p-MBA-H: p-mercaptobenzoic acid; BM-H: benzyl mercaptan; PPh3: triphenylphosphine; PPhpy2: bis(2-pyridyl)-phenylphosphine; L8: 1,8-bis(diphenylphosphino) octane; TBBT-H: 4-tert-butylbenzenelthiol; PA: phenylacetylene; H-SC2H5: ethanethiol.
