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

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 …

Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters controlled by atomic accuracy (ie atomically precise
metal NCs) have recently attracted considerable attention as active sites in heterogeneous …

Metal nanoclusters (NCs) have a particle size of about one nanometer, which makes them
the smallest unit that can give a function to a substance. In addition, metal NCs possess …

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 …

Extremely small metal clusters composed of noble metal atoms (M) have orbitals similar to
those of atoms and therefore can be thought of as artificial atoms or superatoms. If these …

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 …

We report herein remarkable improvement of activity and stability of an Au25-loaded
BaLa4Ti4O15 water-splitting photocatalyst. We first examined the influence of refining the …

Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are one of the leading targets in research of nanoscale materials,
and elucidation of their properties (science) and development of control techniques …

Metal nanoclusters (NCs) with sizes of approximately 2 nm or less have different
physical/chemical properties from those of the bulk metals owing to quantum size effects …