Metal nanoclusters serve as an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. The
transformation of metal nanoclusters has been fully reflected in their studies from every …

Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

Electrochemically converting NO3–compounds into ammonia represents a sustainable route
to remove industrial pollutants in wastewater and produce valuable chemicals. Bimetallic …

Metal-containing clusters have attracted increasing attention over the past 2–3 decades.
This intense interest can be attributed to the fact that these discrete metal aggregates, whose …

Due to their atomically precise structures and intriguing chemical/physical properties, metal
nanoclusters are an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. Photo-luminescence (PL) is …

The discovery of carbon fullerene cages and their solids opened a new avenue to build
materials from stable cage clusters as “artificial atoms” or “superatoms” instead of atoms …

Pure and doped gold/silver clusters protected by monolayers of organic ligands have
attracted much interest as novel functional materials owing to their nonbulk-like, size-specific …

Conspectus A comprehensive understanding of chemical bonding and reactions at the
surface of nanomaterials is of great importance in the rational design of their functional …

We synthesized a series of MAu12 (dppe) 5Cl2 (MAu12; M= Au, Pd, Pt, Rh, or Ir; dppe= 1, 2‐
bis (diphenylphosphino) ethane), which have icosahedral M@ Au12 superatomic cores, and …

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