Ligand design in ligand‐protected gold nanoclusters

B Zhang, J Chen, Y Cao, OJH Chai, J Xie - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Au 25 (SR) 18: the captain of the great nanocluster ship

X Kang, H Chong, M Zhu - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metal nanoclusters are in the intermediate state between discrete atoms and
plasmonic nanoparticles and are of significance due to their atomically accurate structures …

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: A powerful platform for noble‐metal nanocluster analysis

T Chen, Q Yao, RR Nasaruddin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS) is an analytical technique that
measures the mass of a sample through “soft” ionization. Recent years have witnessed a …

Controlling the pyridinium–zwitterionic ligand ratio on atomically precise gold nanoclusters allowing for eradicating Gram-positive drug-resistant bacteria and retaining …

Z Pang, Q Li, Y Jia, W Yan, J Qi, Y Guo, F Hu… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are an increasing global healthcare
concern. In this study, we developed a dual-ligand-functionalised Au25 (SR1) x (SR2) 18− x …

Engineering ligand chemistry on Au 25 nanoclusters: from unique ligand addition to precisely controllable ligand exchange

J Zhao, A Ziarati, A Rosspeintner, Y Wang, T Bürgi - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Au25 nanoclusters (NCs) protected by 18 thiol-ligands (Au25SR18, SR is a thiolate ligand)
are the prototype of atomically precise thiolate-protected gold NCs. Studies concerning the …

Matrix sputtering method: a novel physical approach for photoluminescent noble metal nanoclusters

Y Ishida, RD Corpuz, T Yonezawa - Accounts of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Noble metal nanoclusters are believed to be the transition between single metal
atoms, which show distinct optical properties, and metal nanoparticles, which show …

Microwave-induced plasma-in-liquid process for nanoparticle production

T Yonezawa, D Čempel… - Bulletin of the Chemical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In the past decades, various nanomaterials have been intensively developed because of
their unique electrical, optical, magnetic as well as catalytic properties. In this review, we …

Deepening the understanding of thiolate-protected metal clusters using high-performance liquid chromatography

Y Niihori, K Yoshida, S Hossain… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Thiolate (SR)-protected metal clusters have been extensively studied by using various
structural analysis methods since the start of research into these clusters. We have also …

(Multi‐) Metallic Cluster Growth

B Weinert, S Mitzinger, S Dehnen - Chemistry–A European …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This review article provides a survey of contemporary investigations on main group metal
cluster formation, addressing homo‐and heterometallic clusters (including small numbers of …

Liquid Chromatography Separation and Mass Spectrometry Detection of Silver-Lipoate Ag29(LA)12 Nanoclusters: Evidence of Isomerism in the Solution Phase

DM Black, G Robles, P Lopez, SBH Bach… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Evidence for the existence of condensed-phase isomers of silver-lipoate clusters, Ag29 (LA)
12, where LA=(R)-α lipoic acid, was obtained by reversed-phase ion-pair liquid …