Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties

X Kang, Y Li, M Zhu, R Jin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters

XM Luo, YK Li, XY Dong, SQ Zang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-containing clusters have attracted increasing attention over the past 2–3 decades.
This intense interest can be attributed to the fact that these discrete metal aggregates, whose …

Eight-Electron Superatomic Cu31 Nanocluster with Chiral Kernel and NIR-II Emission

T Jia, ZJ Guan, C Zhang, XZ Zhu, YX Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Owing to the inherent instability caused by the low Cu (I)/Cu (0) half-cell reduction potential,
Cu (0)-containing copper nanoclusters are quite uncommon in comparison to their Ag and …

Tailoring the photoluminescence of atomically precise nanoclusters

X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their atomically precise structures and intriguing chemical/physical properties, metal
nanoclusters are an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. Photo-luminescence (PL) is …

Alkynyl approach toward the protection of metal nanoclusters

Z Lei, XK Wan, SF Yuan, ZJ Guan… - Accounts of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The past decades have witnessed great advances in the synthesis, structure
determination, and properties investigation of coinage metal nanoclusters. These …

Copper nanoclusters: designed synthesis, structural diversity, and multiplatform applications

A Baghdasaryan, T Bürgi - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (MNCs) have gained tremendous research interest in
recent years due to their extraordinary properties. The molecular-like properties that …

Luminescent Hydride-Free [Cu7(SC5H9)7(PPh3)3] Nanocluster: Facilitating Highly Selective C–C Bond Formation

S Biswas, A Pal, MK Jena, S Hossain… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Amidst burgeoning interest, atomically precise copper nanoclusters (Cu NCs) have emerged
as a remarkable class of nanomaterials distinguished by their unparalleled reactivity …

Hydrido-coinage-metal clusters: Rational design, synthetic protocols and structural characteristics

C Sun, BK Teo, C Deng, J Lin, GG Luo, CH Tung… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ligated hydrido-coinage-metal clusters M x H y L z (M= Cu/Ag/Au, L= ligand; where x, y, and
z are positive integers) often exhibit interesting catalytic properties, and serve as ideal …

AIE triggers the circularly polarized luminescence of atomically precise enantiomeric copper (I) alkynyl clusters

MM Zhang, XY Dong, ZY Wang, HY Li, SJ Li… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise enantiomeric metal clusters are scarce, and copper (I) alkynyl clusters
with intense circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) responses have not been reported. A …

Ligand Design in Atomically Precise Copper Nanoclusters and Their Application in Electrocatalytic Reactions

Y Liu, J Yu, Y Lun, Y Wang, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) are compositionally well‐defined and also structurally precise
materials with unique molecule‐like properties and discrete electronic energy levels …