Toward active-site tailoring in heterogeneous catalysis by atomically precise metal nanoclusters with crystallographic structures

R Jin, G Li, S Sharma, Y Li, X Du - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis involves solid-state catalysts, among which metal nanoparticles
occupy an important position. Unfortunately, no two nanoparticles from conventional …

Atomically precise colloidal metal nanoclusters and nanoparticles: fundamentals and opportunities

R Jin, C Zeng, M Zhou, Y Chen - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanoparticles are being intensely pursued in current nanoscience research.
Nanochemists are often frustrated by the well-known fact that no two nanoparticles are the …

A review of state of the art in phosphine ligated gold clusters and application in catalysis

RH Adnan, JML Madridejos, AS Alotabi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold clusters are highly desirable due to their well‐defined structure
which allows the study of structure–property relationships. In addition, they have potential in …

Tri-icosahedral Gold Nanocluster [Au37(PPh3)10(SC2H4Ph)10X2]+: Linear Assembly of Icosahedral Building Blocks

R Jin, C Liu, S Zhao, A Das, H Xing, C Gayathri… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The [Au37 (PPh3) 10 (SR) 10X2]+ nanocluster (where SR= thiolate and X= Cl/Br) was
theoretically predicted in 2007, but since then, there has been no experimental success in …

Structure-conserving spontaneous transformations between nanoparticles

KR Krishnadas, A Baksi, A Ghosh, G Natarajan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Ambient, structure-and topology-preserving chemical reactions between two archetypal
nanoparticles, Ag25 (SR) 18 and Au25 (SR) 18, are presented. Despite their geometric …

Systematically tuning the electronic structure of gold nanoclusters through ligand derivatization

A Cirri, H Morales Hernández… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
While the ability to crystallize metal nanoclusters has revealed their geometric structure, the
lack of a similarly precise measure of their electronic structure has hampered the …

Electron localization in rod-shaped triicosahedral gold nanocluster

M Zhou, R Jin, MY Sfeir, Y Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Atomically precise gold nanocluster based on linear assembly of repeating icosahedrons
(clusters of clusters) is a unique type of linear nanostructure, which exhibits strong near …

Understanding and designing the gold–bio interface: Insights from simulations

P Charchar, AJ Christofferson, N Todorova, I Yarovsky - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are an integral part of many exciting and novel biomedical
applications, sparking the urgent need for a thorough understanding of the physicochemical …

High precision electronic spectroscopy of ligand-protected gold nanoclusters: effects of composition, environment, and ligand chemistry

A Cirri, HM Hernández, CJ Johnson - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are a class of nanomaterials valued for their
electronic properties and diverse structural features. While the advent of X-ray …

A New Crystal Structure of Au36 with a Au14 Kernel Cocapped by Thiolate and Chloride

S Yang, J Chai, Y Song, X Kang, H Sheng… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This study presents a new crystal structure of a gold nanocluster coprotected by thiolate and
chloride, with the formula of Au36 (SCH2Ph-tBu) 8Cl20. This nanocluster is composed of a …