Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

The design of surface ligands is crucial for ligand‐protected gold nanoclusters (Au NCs).
Besides providing good protection for Au NCs, the surface ligands also play the following …

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 …

With continuous research efforts devoted into synthesis and characterization chemistry of
functional nanomaterials in the past decades, the development of metal materials is …

Ligand protected noble metal nanoparticles are excellent building blocks for colloidal self‐
assembly. Metal nanoparticle self‐assembly offers routes for a wide range of multifunctional …

Revealing structural isomerism in nanoparticles using single-crystal X-ray crystallography
remains a largely unresolved task, although it has been theoretically predicted with some …

We report the X‐ray structure of a gold nanocluster with 30 gold atoms protected by 18 1‐
adamantanethiolate ligands (formulated as Au30 (S‐Adm) 18). This nanocluster exhibits a …

With global warming and the depletion of fossil resources, our fossil-fuel-dependent society
is expected to shift to one that instead uses hydrogen (H2) as clean and renewable energy …

Fine metal clusters have attracted much attention from the viewpoints of both basic and
applied science for many years because of their unique physical/chemical properties and …