Understanding ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters at work

MF Matus, H Häkkinen - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters, commonly termed 'monolayer-protected metal
clusters'(MPCs), comprise a common set of structures with an inorganic core stabilized by an …

Surface-plasmon-driven hot electron photochemistry

Y Zhang, S He, W Guo, Y Hu, J Huang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Visible-light-driven photochemistry has continued to attract heightened interest due to its
capacity to efficiently harvest solar energy and its potential to solve the global energy crisis …

Reactivity of metal clusters

Z Luo, AW Castleman Jr, SN Khanna - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
We summarize here the research advances on the reactivity of metal clusters. After a simple
introduction of apparatuses used for gas-phase cluster reactions, we focus on the reactivity …

Tuning/exploiting strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) in heterogeneous catalysis

CJ Pan, MC Tsai, WN Su, J Rick, NG Akalework… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2017 - Elsevier
Interactions between metals and supports are of fundamental interest in heterogeneous
catalysis. The electronic, geometric and bifunctional effects originating from Strong Metal …

The structure and binding mode of citrate in the stabilization of gold nanoparticles

H Al-Johani, E Abou-Hamad, A Jedidi, CM Widdifield… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Elucidating the binding mode of carboxylate-containing ligands to gold nanoparticles
(AuNPs) is crucial to understand their stabilizing role. A detailed picture of the three …

Synthesis and catalytic properties of metal nanoparticles: Size, shape, support, composition, and oxidation state effects

BR Cuenya - Thin Solid Films, 2010 - Elsevier
Exciting new opportunities are emerging in the field of catalysis based on nanotechnology
approaches. A new understanding and mastery of catalysis could have broad societal …

Water gas shift catalysis

C Ratnasamy, JP Wagner - Catalysis Reviews, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Developments in water gas shift (WGS) catalysis, especially during the last decade, are
reviewed. Recent developments include the development of chromium‐free catalysts that …

Exceptional oxidation activity with size-controlled supported gold clusters of low atomicity

A Corma, P Concepción, M Boronat, MJ Sabater… - Nature Chemistry, 2013 - nature.com
The catalytic activity of gold depends on particle size, with the reactivity increasing as the
particle diameter decreases. However, investigations into behaviour in the subnanometre …

Stabilization of platinum oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts using gold clusters

J Zhang, K Sasaki, E Sutter, RR Adzic - Science, 2007 - science.org
We demonstrated that platinum (Pt) oxygen-reduction fuel-cell electrocatalysts can be
stabilized against dissolution under potential cycling regimes (a continuing problem in …

Theoretical chemistry of gold

P Pyykkö - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical Chemistry of Gold - Pyykkö - 2004 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley
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