Surface Engineering of Atomically Precise M (I) Nanoclusters: From Structural Control to Room Temperature Photoluminescence Enhancement

S Biswas, AK Das, S Mandal - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Understanding the structural architecture of nanoparticles is essential for
investigating their fundamental properties because these materials have become more …

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 …

Supercrystal engineering of atomically precise gold nanoparticles promoted by surface dynamics

Q Yao, L Liu, S Malola, M Ge, H Xu, Z Wu, T Chen… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The controllable packing of functional nanoparticles (NPs) into crystalline lattices is of
interest in the development of NP-based materials. Here we demonstrate that the size …

Chiral Hydride Cu18 Clusters Transform to Superatomic Cu15Ag4 Clusters: Circularly Polarized Luminescence Lighting

MM Zhang, KK Gao, XY Dong, Y Si, T Jia… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The manipulation of metal cluster enantiomers and their reconstruction remain challenging.
Here, for the first time, we report an enantiomeric pair of hydride copper clusters [Cu18H …

Alkynyl-stabilized superatomic silver clusters showing circularly polarized luminescence

MM Zhang, XY Dong, ZY Wang, XM Luo… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report a new enantiomeric pair of superatomic silver clusters, R/S-Ag 17, prepared from
chiral alkynyl ligands. R-Ag 17 and S-Ag 17 possess C 3 symmetry and emit near-infrared …

Visible-light copper nanocluster catalysis for the C–N coupling of aryl chlorides at room temperature

A Sagadevan, A Ghosh, P Maity… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Activation of aryl chlorides in cross-coupling reactions is a long-standing challenge in
organic synthesis that is of great interest to industry. Ultrasmall (< 3 nm), atomically precise …

Total Structure, Electronic Structure and Catalytic Hydrogenation Activity of Metal‐Deficient Chiral Polyhydride Cu57 Nanoclusters

GG Luo, ZH Pan, BL Han, GL Dong… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate identifying and in‐depth understanding of the defect sites in a working
nanomaterial could hinge on establishing specific defect‐activity relationships. Yet …

Multi‐layer 3D Chirality and Double‐Helical Assembly in a Copper Nanocluster with a Triple‐Helical Cu15 Core

G Dong, Z Pan, B Han, Y Tao, X Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Conceptually mimicking biomolecules' ability to construct multiple‐helical aggregates with
emergent properties and functions remains a long‐standing challenge. Here we report an …

Structural chemistry of giant metal based supramolecules

AV Virovets, E Peresypkina, M Scheer - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The review presents a bird-eye view on the state of research in the field of giant
nonbiological discrete metal complexes and ions of nanometer size, which are structurally …

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 …