Origin of the photoluminescence of metal nanoclusters: from metal-centered emission to ligand-centered emission

TQ Yang, B Peng, BQ Shan, YX Zong, JG Jiang, P Wu… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, metal nanoclusters (MNCs) emerged as a new class of luminescent materials and
have attracted tremendous interest in the area of luminescence-related applications due to …

Self-assembled metal nanoclusters: Driving forces and structural correlation with optical properties

S Kolay, D Bain, S Maity, A Devi, A Patra, R Antoine - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Studies on self-assembly of metal nanoclusters (MNCs) are an emerging field of research
owing to their significant optical properties and potential applications in many areas …

Excitation-Dependent Fluorescence with Excitation-Selective Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Hierarchically Organized Atomic Nanoclusters

S Basu, M Perić Bakulić, Z Sanader Maršić… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanometer-scaled objects are known to have dimension-related properties, but sometimes
the assembly of such objects can lead to the emergence of other properties. Here, we show …

Metal nanoclusters: from fundamental aspects to electronic properties and optical applications

R Antoine, M Broyer, P Dugourd - Science and Technology of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Monolayer-protected noble metal clusters, also called nanoclusters, can be produced with
the atomic precision and in large-scale quantity and are playing an increasingly important …

Evolution of Excited-State Dynamics in Periodic Au28, Au36, Au44, and Au52 Nanoclusters

M Zhou, C Zeng, MY Sfeir, M Cotlet, K Iida… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Understanding the correlation between the atomic structure and optical properties of gold
nanoclusters is essential for exploration of their functionalities and applications involving …

Mechanical vibrations of atomically defined metal clusters: from nano-to molecular-size oscillators

P Maioli, T Stoll, HE Sauceda, I Valencia… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Acoustic vibrations of small nanoparticles are still ruled by continuum mechanics laws down
to diameters of a few nanometers. The elastic behavior at lower sizes (< 1–2 nm), where …

Ligand impact on reactive oxygen species generation of Au10 and Au25 nanoclusters upon one- and two-photon excitation

H Fakhouri, MP Bakulić, I Zhang, H Yuan… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
In photodynamic therapy (PDT), light-sensitive photosensitizers produce reactive oxygen
species (ROS) after irradiation in the presence of oxygen. Atomically-precise thiolate …

New routes for multicomponent atomically precise metal nanoclusters

E Khatun, T Pradeep - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs), protected by a monolayer of ligands, are
regarded as potential building blocks for advanced technologies. They are considered as …

Enhanced two-photon absorption of ligated silver and gold nanoclusters: theoretical and experimental assessments

V Bonačić-Koutecký, R Antoine - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Ligated silver and gold nanoclusters belonging to a non-scalable size regime with molecular-
like discrete electronic states represent an emerging class of extremely interesting optical …

Chiroptical properties of mechanically interlocked molecules

AHG David, JF Stoddart - Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Mechanically Interlocked Molecules (MIMs), such as catenanes, knots, and
rotaxanes, are a class of molecules that possess mechanical bonds. These bonds constitute …