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 …

Suppression of kernel vibrations by layer-by-layer ligand engineering boosts photoluminescence efficiency of gold nanoclusters

Y Zhong, J Zhang, T Li, W Xu, Q Yao, M Lu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The restriction of structural vibration has assumed great importance in attaining bright
emission of luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs), where tremendous efforts are devoted to …

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 …

Elucidating the Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Mechanism of Homometal and Doped M25(SR)18 Nanoclusters

Z Liu, M Zhou, L Luo, Y Wang, E Kahng… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
More than a decade of research on the photoluminescence (PL) of classic Au25 (SR) 18 and
its doped nanoclusters (NCs) still leaves many fundamental questions unanswered due to …

Endohedrally doped cage clusters

J Zhao, Q Du, S Zhou, V Kumar - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The discovery of carbon fullerene cages and their solids opened a new avenue to build
materials from stable cage clusters as “artificial atoms” or “superatoms” instead of atoms …

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 …

Catalytically potent and selective clusterzymes for modulation of neuroinflammation through single-atom substitutions

H Liu, Y Li, S Sun, Q Xin, S Liu, X Mu, X Yuan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Emerging artificial enzymes with reprogrammed and augmented catalytic activity and
substrate selectivity have long been pursued with sustained efforts. The majority of current …

Toward total synthesis of thiolate-protected metal nanoclusters

Q Yao, T Chen, X Yuan, J Xie - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Total synthesis, where desired organic-and/or biomolecules could be produced
from simple precursors at atomic precision and with known step-by-step reactions, has …