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 design of surface ligands is crucial for ligand‐protected gold nanoclusters (Au NCs).
Besides providing good protection for Au NCs, the surface ligands also play the following …

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 …

Aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) provides an efficient strategy to synthesize highly
luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs), however, rational control of emission energy and …

Atomically precise gold nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new class of precision
materials and attracted wide interest in recent years. One of the unique properties of such …

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 …

With continuous research efforts devoted into synthesis and characterization chemistry of
functional nanomaterials in the past decades, the development of metal materials is …

Thiolate-protected gold clusters (Au n (SR) m) have received significant attention as new
functional nanomaterials because they exhibit size-specific physical and chemical …

In the past few years, highly luminescent noble metal nanoclusters (eg, Au and Ag NCs or
Au/Ag NCs in short) have emerged as a class of promising optical probes for the …

As a bridge between individual atoms and large plasmonic nanoparticles, ultrasmall (core
size< 3 nm) noble metal nanoparticles (UNMNPs) have been serving as model for us to …