Charge-dependent hierarchical self-assembling of fluorinated gold nanoclusters

Au (SR) nanoclusters decorated with semifluorinated thiolate ligands (SFLs) self-assemble hierarchically depending on the charge state of the nanocluster component; the use of the anionic cluster ([Au ] ) resulted in the generation of nanofibers, whereas the neutral counterpart ([Au ] ) gave micron-sized filaments as a result of the bundling/twisting of the nanofibers.