Among the d10 coinage metal complexes, cyclic trinuclear complexes (CTCs) or trinuclear
metallocycles with intratrimer metal–metal interactions are fascinating and important metal …

Light is of essential importance to the universe and humankind. Light has been, and
continues to be, one of the most fundamental and indispensable elements to life and society …

The spontaneous self-organization of matters has always been one of the most fascinating
wonders in the world. Self-assembly refers to “the autonomous organization of components …

Thiolate-protected metal nanoclusters (or thiolated metal NCs) have recently emerged as a
promising class of functional materials because of their well-defined molecular structures …

The decade 1990–2000 saw a growing interest in aurophilic interactions in gold chemistry.
These interactions were found to influence significantly a variety of structural and other …

A fundamental understanding of the luminescence of Au–thiolate nanoclusters (NCs), such
as the origin of emission and the size effect in luminescence, is pivotal to the development of …

Recently accumulated experimental evidence for aurophilic interactions in and between
molecular gold (I) compounds and the results of pertinent theoretical calculations are …

1.1. Scope of the Review The development of chemical sensors is a subject that continues to
fascinate chemists in academic research. Aside from the purely academic interest, there is of …

The past decade has seen a diverse range of breakthrough inventions that are derived from
gold complexes, including the application of aurophilic interactions in the preparation of …

Amongst the areas of supramolecular chemistry, low molecular weight gelators
(supramolecular gels) have been considered to be one of the most interesting soft and smart …