Recently, metal nanoclusters (MNCs) emerged as a new class of luminescent materials and
have attracted tremendous interest in the area of luminescence-related applications due to …

Room-temperature phosphorescent materials that emit light in the visible (red, green, and
blue; from 400 to 700 nm) have been a major focus of research and development during the …

Gold–thiol contacts are ubiquitous across the physical and biological sciences in connecting
organic molecules to surfaces. When thiols bind to gold in self-assembled monolayers …

Silver nanoclusters have emerged as promising candidates for optoelectronic applications,
but their room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) is far from ideal to …

Metal nanoclusters (NCs) as a new class of phosphors have attracted a great deal of interest
owing to their unique electronic structure and subsequently molecule-like optical properties …

Recently accumulated experimental evidence for aurophilic interactions in and between
molecular gold (I) compounds and the results of pertinent theoretical calculations are …

The fluorescence of metal nanoparticles (such as gold and silver) has long been an
intriguing topic and has drawn considerable research interest. However, the origin of …

Abstract Aurophilic interactions (AuI⋅⋅⋅ AuI) are crucial in directing the supramolecular self‐
assembly of many gold (I) compounds; however, this intriguing chemistry has been rarely …

Chemical systems consist of chemical elements and chemical bonds. Strong, covalent
bonds are expected between open-shell species, when more bonding molecular orbitals …

Small gold clusters (∼ 1 nm) protected by molecules of a tripeptide, glutathione (GSH), were
prepared by reductive decomposition of Au (I)− SG polymers at a low temperature and …