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 …

The field of chiral inorganic nanostructures is rapidly expanding. It started from the
observation of strong circular dichroism during the synthesis of individual nanoparticles …

Noble metal nanoclusters are in the intermediate state between discrete atoms and
plasmonic nanoparticles and are of significance due to their atomically accurate structures …

Thiolate-protected gold surfaces and interfaces, relevant for self-assembled monolayers of
organic molecules on gold, for passivated gold nanoclusters and for molecule–gold …

Controlling nanoparticles with atomic precision has long been a major dream of
nanochemists. Breakthroughs have been made in the case of gold nanoparticles, at least for …

Abstract Ultrasmall (< 2 nm) ligand-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been an
emerging class of functional materials with rich coordination chemistry, finding increasing …

Chirality is ubiquitous in nature and occurs at all length scales. The development of
applications for chiral nanostructures is rising rapidly. With the recent achievements of …

Conspectus Over recent years, research on thiolate-protected gold clusters Au m (SR) n has
gained significant interest. Milestones were the successful determination of a series of …

Owing to their atomically precise structures, metal nanoclusters have always served as
model molecular tools to dissect nanoparticle surface chemistry and to investigate structure …

Conspectus Chirality is ubiquitous in the universe and in living creatures over detectable
length scales from the subatomic to the galactic, as exemplified in the two extremes by …