Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

Due to their atomically precise structures and intriguing chemical/physical properties, metal
nanoclusters are an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. Photo-luminescence (PL) is …

Conspectus Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters are of interest for their potential
applications in areas such as bioimaging, catalysis, photocatalysis, and solar energy …

Understanding the excited-state dynamics of nanomaterials is essential to their applications
in photoenergy storage and conversion. This review summarizes recent progress in the …

Ambient, structure-and topology-preserving chemical reactions between two archetypal
nanoparticles, Ag25 (SR) 18 and Au25 (SR) 18, are presented. Despite their geometric …

In photoluminescence (PL) quenching and triplet fusion upconversion experiments with
fluorescent organic-molecule quenchers, it was revealed that a rod-shaped, phosphine-and …

We report a method for heavy doping of the Au25 (SR) 18 nanocluster (where R= C6H11)
with silver through the Ag (I)–thiolate complex induced size/structure transformation of Au23 …

Numerous reports hitherto show that the photoluminescence (PL) properties of metal
nanoclusters (NCs) can be enhanced by alloying the metal cores. In particular …

As a new type of inorganic‐organic hybrid semiconductor, quantum‐confined atomically
precise metal nanoclusters (MNCs) have been widely applied in the fields of chemical …

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 …