Thiolate-protected gold surfaces and interfaces, relevant for self-assembled monolayers of
organic molecules on gold, for passivated gold nanoclusters and for molecule–gold …

The surface properties of metals and metal oxides can be modified by adding a single layer
of organic molecules. A most popular route for depositing such a molecular layer is via the …

Gold chemistry and the synthesis of colloidal gold have always caught the attention of
scientists. While Faraday was investigating the physical properties of colloidal gold in 1857 …

Electrospray ionization (ESI) has become an essential tool in chemical physics and physical
chemistry for the production of novel molecular ions from solution samples for a variety of …

The electron binding energies of the ligand-protected gold/silver-based cluster anions,[Au25
(SR) 18]−,[XAg24 (SR′) 18] 2–(X= Ag+, Au+, Pd0, or Pt0), and [PdAu24 (C≡ CR ″) 18] 2 …

Improving the fundamental understanding of the basic structures of ligand‐protected gold
nanoclusters is essential to their bottom‐up synthesis as well as their further application …

While uranyl halide complexes [UO2 (halogen) n] 2–n (n= 1, 2, 4) are ubiquitous, the
tricoordinate species have been relatively unknown until very recently. Here photoelectron …

Gold leaching is an important process to extract gold from ore. Conventional alkaline
cyanide process and alternative nontoxic lixiviants including thiosulfate, thiourea …

The uranyl tetrachloride dianion (UO 2 Cl 4 2−) is observed in the gas phase using
electrospray ionization and investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy and relativistic …

Previous theoretical studies have shown that the thiolated gold cluster compound [Au25
(SR) 18]− can be viewed as a prototypical superatom with a closed electronic structure. The …