<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Mouli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Swathi, S. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prasad, Bhagavatula L. V.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Self-powered photodetection in AgBiS2 nanocrystals synthesized from AgBi-mixed-metal thiolate</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACS Applied Nano Materials</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">built-in potential</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">iodine</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ion migration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">layered</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">quantum dots</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">448-456</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	AgBiS2 has emerged as a promising optoelectronic material owing to its high absorption coefficient, environmentally friendly and abundant components, offering a sustainable alternative to lead- and cadmium-based chalcogenides. Realizing the full potential of AgBiS2 devices, however, requires scalable synthesis routes that include development of suitable precursors and minimize the use of harsh solvents, elevated temperatures, inert environments, etc. Here, we present a facile, solvent-free synthesis of phase pure AgBiS2 nanocrystals (NCs) at room temperature and under ambient conditions, enabled by the AgBi mixed-metal thiolate (AgBi-MMT) precursor complex. The initial choice of metal salts determines the nature of the metal thiolate intermediate complex, which subsequently influences the quality of the resulting AgBiS2 NCs. As a single-source precursor of the metals, AgBi-MMT enables controlled release of Ag+ and Bi3+ ions, yielding phase-pure AgBiS2 NCs. Furthermore, the MMT that is derived from AgI and BiI3 precursors promotes in situ surface passivation of the AgBiS2 NCs by iodide ions by trapping molecular I2 within its matrix. Under illumination, these iodide ions undergo reversible migration, generating a built-in potential and enabling self-powered photodetection in devices prepared from the as-synthesized NCs. This work expands the synthesis methodology of AgBiS2, highlighting the importance of metal thiolates as precursors in nanomaterial syntheses, and influence of iodine species in photo-operational devices.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Mouli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mukherjee, Moumita</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Shovan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Datta, Ayan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Priolkar, Kaustubh R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">John, Neena S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prasad, Bhagavatula L. V.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Structural insights into AgBi(SC12H25)4 mixed-metal n-alkanethiolate: heterometallic thiolate bridging and metallophilic interaction-directed self-assembly</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Inorganic Chemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUL</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">65</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15608-15617</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Long-chain metal n-alkanethiolates (MTs) are inorganic-organic hybrid materials, characterized by a metal-sulfur inorganic central plane sandwiched between hydrocarbon bilayers. Though MTs are known for over a century now, their crystal structures are conclusively established only recently. Mixed-metal thiolates (MMTs) are structurally similar to MTs and contain heterometals in the inorganic plane. With a very limited number of MMTs explored to date, their structures remain completely unknown. Here we report the synthesis and structural elucidation of a mixed-metal thiolate, AgBi(SC12H25)4, providing direct insight into heterometal arrangement by combining X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. The results establish that the AgBi MMT contains discrete molecular units like [RS-Ag-SR-Bi(SR)2] containing both Ag and Bi metals with an intramolecular heterometallic mu 2-thiolate bridging. The units further share strong intermolecular Ag &amp;amp; centerdot;&amp;amp; centerdot;&amp;amp; centerdot;Bi metallophilic interactions at a very short distance of 2.72 &amp;amp; Aring;, playing a crucial role in the self-assembly. Intermolecular metal-to-metal charge transfer occurring both directly and via the thiolate bridge gives rise to the absorption maxima observed in the UV-Vis spectrum. The intermolecular interactions predominantly arise from the thiolate group (RS-) of one unit interacting with the Ag+ and Bi3+ centers of the adjacent units, in addition to the Ag &amp;amp; centerdot;&amp;amp; centerdot;&amp;amp; centerdot;Bi metallophilic interaction.&lt;/p&gt;
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