Recent developments in the investigation of driving forces for transforming coinage metal nanoclusters

X Zou, X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters serve as an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. The
transformation of metal nanoclusters has been fully reflected in their studies from every …

Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties

X Kang, Y Li, M Zhu, R Jin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures

T Bian, A Gardin, J Gemen, L Houben, C Perego… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Coulombic interactions can be used to assemble charged nanoparticles into higher-order
structures, but the process requires oppositely charged partners that are similarly sized. The …

Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters as efficient catalysts: a bridge between structure and properties

Y Du, H Sheng, D Astruc, M Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Tailoring the photoluminescence of atomically precise nanoclusters

X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their atomically precise structures and intriguing chemical/physical properties, metal
nanoclusters are an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. Photo-luminescence (PL) is …

Atomic-level doping of metal clusters

A Ghosh, OF Mohammed, OM Bakr - Accounts of Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Atomically precise noble metal (mainly silver and gold) nanoclusters are an
emerging category of promising functional materials for future applications in energy …

Molecular reactivity of thiolate-protected noble metal nanoclusters: synthesis, self-assembly, and applications

Q Yao, Z Wu, Z Liu, Y Lin, X Yuan, J Xie - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thiolate-protected noble metal (eg, Au and Ag) nanoclusters (NCs) are ultra-small particles
with a core size of less than 3 nm. Due to the strong quantum confinement effects and …

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 …

Fluorescence or phosphorescence? The metallic composition of the nanocluster kernel does matter

C Zhu, J Xin, J Li, H Li, X Kang, Y Pei… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It remains challenging to manipulate the nature of photoluminescence as either
fluorescence or phosphorescence for a correlated cluster series. In this work, two correlated …

Self‐Assembly of Precision Noble Metal Nanoclusters: Hierarchical Structural Complexity, Colloidal Superstructures, and Applications

JV Rival, P Mymoona, KM Lakshmi, Nonappa… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …