Understanding ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters at work

MF Matus, H Häkkinen - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters, commonly termed 'monolayer-protected metal
clusters'(MPCs), comprise a common set of structures with an inorganic core stabilized by an …

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 …

Atomically precise clusters of noble metals: emerging link between atoms and nanoparticles

I Chakraborty, T Pradeep - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
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 …

Atomically precise colloidal metal nanoclusters and nanoparticles: fundamentals and opportunities

R Jin, C Zeng, M Zhou, Y Chen - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
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 …

Electronic and geometric structure, optical properties, and excited state behavior in atomically precise thiolate-stabilized noble metal nanoclusters

CM Aikens - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters are of interest for their potential
applications in areas such as bioimaging, catalysis, photocatalysis, and solar energy …

Ultrastable silver nanoparticles

A Desireddy, BE Conn, J Guo, B Yoon, RN Barnett… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Noble-metal nanoparticles have had a substantial impact across a diverse range of fields,
including catalysis, sensing, photochemistry, optoelectronics,, energy conversion and …

[HTML][HTML] All-thiol-stabilized Ag44 and Au12Ag32 nanoparticles with single-crystal structures

H Yang, Y Wang, H Huang, L Gell, L Lehtovaara… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Noble metal nanoparticles stabilized by organic ligands are important for applications in
assembly, site-specific bioconjugate labelling and sensing, drug delivery and medical …

[HTML][HTML] A molecule-like PtAu24(SC6H13)18 nanocluster as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen production

K Kwak, W Choi, Q Tang, M Kim, Y Lee, D Jiang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The theoretically predicted volcano plot for hydrogen production shows the best catalyst as
the one that ensures that the hydrogen binding step is thermodynamically neutral. However …

Ag29(BDT)12(TPP)4: A Tetravalent Nanocluster

LG AbdulHalim, MS Bootharaju, Q Tang… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The bottom-up assembly of nanoparticles into diverse ordered solids is a challenge because
it requires nanoparticles, which are often quasi-spherical, to have interaction anisotropy akin …