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 …

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 …

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 …

Thiolate-protected metal nanoparticles containing a few to few hundred metal atoms are
interesting materials exhibiting unique physicochemical properties. They encompass the …

The ligand effects of atomically precise metal nanoclusters on electrocatalysis kinetics have
been rarely revealed. Herein, we employ atomically precise Au25 nanoclusters with different …

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

Luminescent nanomaterials have captured the imagination of scientists for a long time and
offer great promise for applications in organic/inorganic light-emitting displays …

The elaborate selection of capping ligands is of great importance in the synthesis of
atomically precise metal nanoclusters. Organic thiolates, alkynyls, phosphines, and/or their …

Well-defined thiolate-gold nanoclusters (generally described as Au n (SR) m NCs, where “n”
and “m” are the numbers of gold atoms and thiolate ligands (–SR), respectively), comprise a …