Metal nanoclusters: from fundamental aspects to electronic properties and optical applications

R Antoine, M Broyer, P Dugourd - Science and Technology of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Monolayer-protected noble metal clusters, also called nanoclusters, can be produced with
the atomic precision and in large-scale quantity and are playing an increasingly important …

Fluorescence or phosphorescence? The metallic composition of the nanocluster kernel does matter

C Zhu, J Xin, J Li, H Li, X Kang, Y Pei… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It remains challenging to manipulate the nature of photoluminescence as either
fluorescence or phosphorescence for a correlated cluster series. In this work, two correlated …

Structural water molecules dominated p band intermediate states as a unified model for the origin on the photoluminescence emission of noble metal nanoclusters …

B Peng, JF Zhou, M Ding, BQ Shan… - … and Technology of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the past several decades, noble metal nanoclusters (NMNCs) have been developed as
an emerging class of luminescent materials due to their superior photo-stability and …

Photomechanical Laser Fragmentation of IrO2 Microparticles for the Synthesis of Active and Redox‐Sensitive Colloidal Nanoclusters

M Spellauge, M Tack, R Streubel, M Miertz, KS Exner… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pulsed laser fragmentation of microparticles (MPs) in liquid is a synthesis method for
producing high‐purity nanoparticles (NPs) from virtually any material. Compared with laser …

Physical Regimes and Mechanisms of Picosecond Laser Fragmentation of Gold Nanoparticles in Water from X-ray Probing and Atomistic Simulations

A Plech, M Tack, H Huang, M Arefev, AR Ziefuss… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Laser fragmentation in liquids has emerged as a promising green chemistry technique for
changing the size, shape, structure, and phase composition of colloidal nanoparticles, thus …

Isomeric Effects of Au28(S-c-C6H11)20 Nanoclusters on Photoluminescence: Roles of Electron-Vibration Coupling and Higher Triplet State

A Mazumder, K Li, Z Liu, Y Wang, Y Pei, LA Peteanu… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The exploration of near-infrared photoluminescence (PL) from atomically precise
nanoclusters is currently a prominent area of interest owing to its importance in both …

Enhanced Luminescence in Zn+2-Induced Au14 Nanocluster Aggregates

D Bain, A Devi, Rashi, S Chakraborty… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is an emerging strategy used for the creation of
superstructures constructed by the self-assemblies of metal nanoclusters (NCs) to tune their …

Fabrication of avidin-stabilized gold nanoclusters with dual emissions and their application in biosensing

Z Tang, F Chen, D Wang, D Xiong, S Yan, S Liu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Protein-stabilized gold nanoclusters (Prot-Au NCs) have been widely used in biosensing
and cell imaging owing to their excellent optical properties and low biotoxicity. However …

Green and scalable fractionation of gold nanoclusters by anion exchange chromatography: Proof of principle and scale-up

L Gromotka, C Lübbert, N Traoré… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The chromatographic separation of atomically precise glutathione-stabilized gold
nanocluster (AuNC) mixtures is demonstrated for purely aqueous anion exchange …

Computational study of laser fragmentation in liquid: Phase explosion, inverse Leidenfrost effect at the nanoscale, and evaporation in a nanobubble

H Huang, LV Zhigilei - Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 2022 - Springer
Laser fragmentation in liquid is an effective and environment-friendly processing technique
capable of yielding colloidal nanoparticles and atomic clusters with a narrow size …