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 …

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 …

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 …

Thiolate‐protected metal nanoclusters: recent development in synthesis, understanding of reaction, and application in energy and environmental field

T Kawawaki, A Ebina, Y Hosokawa, S Ozaki, D Suzuki… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (NCs), which are composed of about 250 or fewer metal atoms, possess
great potential as novel functional materials. Fundamental research on metal NCs gradually …

Metal carbonyl clusters of groups 8–10: synthesis and catalysis

C Cesari, JH Shon, S Zacchini… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review article, we discuss advances in the chemistry of metal carbonyl clusters
(MCCs) spanning the last three decades, with an emphasis on the more recent reports and …

Toward the creation of high-performance heterogeneous catalysts by controlled ligand desorption from atomically precise metal nanoclusters

T Kawawaki, Y Kataoka, M Hirata, Y Iwamatsu… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters controlled by atomic accuracy (ie atomically precise
metal NCs) have recently attracted considerable attention as active sites in heterogeneous …

One-, two-, and three-dimensional self-assembly of atomically precise metal nanoclusters

A Ebina, S Hossain, H Horihata, S Ozaki, S Kato… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metal nanoclusters (NCs), which consist of several, to about one hundred, metal atoms,
have attracted much attention as functional nanomaterials for use in nanotechnology …

Pt 17 nanocluster electrocatalysts: preparation and origin of high oxygen reduction reaction activity

T Kawawaki, Y Mitomi, N Nishi, R Kurosaki, K Oiwa… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We recently found that [Pt17 (CO) 12 (PPh3) 8] z (Pt= platinum; CO= carbon monoxide;
PPh3= triphenylphosphine; z= 1+ or 2+) is a Pt nanocluster (Pt NC) that can be synthesized …

Shape-controlled continuous synthesis of metal nanostructures

V Sebastian, CD Smith, KF Jensen - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A segmented flow-based microreactor is used for the continuous production of faceted
nanocrystals. Flow segmentation is proposed as a versatile tool to manipulate the reduction …

Generation and Stabilization of Small Platinum Clusters Pt12±x Inside a Metal–Organic Framework

K Kratzl, T Kratky, S Günther, O Tomanec… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The generation and matrix stabilization of ligand-free, small platinum nanoclusters (NCs)
Pt12±x is presented. The metal–organic framework-template approach is based on …