… quantum-sized nanoclusters will stimulate broad scientific and technological interests in this
special type of metal … We anticipate that such quantum-sized metal nanoclusters will emerge …

The recent years have witnessed rapidly growing research interest in quantumsized metal
nanoclusters. We thank the opportunity provided by Nanoscale for us to organize this Themed …

… metal nanoparticles of 2–10 nm in size, which are referred to as “quantum-sized metal
nanoparticles… surface chemistry for quantum-sized metal nanoparticles of various compositions. A …

… the fundamental properties of metal nanoparticles, the free-electron theory for metals is of …
intuitive insight into the electronic properties of metal nanoparticles, although it is quite naïve in …

… metal nanoparticles, almost any color in the visible spectrum can be produced by optical
absorption or scattering. Gold nanoparticles … The earliest scientific study on gold nanoparticles …

… (SR)18 and Au38(SR)24 nanoclusters, and the newly reported structures include Au20(SR)16…
silver nanoclusters are also briefly discussed in this review. The reported gold nanocluster …

… As new types of quantum-sized nanomaterials, metal nanoclusters (MNCs) and carbon …
Further surface modifications of these ultrasmall quantum-sized nanomaterials with tailored …

… the silver quantum dot to a silver metal nanocluster. The isolation of the intermediate, the …
to determine the evolution mechanism of the silver metal nanoclusters. That is, the changes in …

… discrete metal atoms and relatively large metallic nanoparticles… quantum sized particles as
opposed to a broad single surface plasmon resonance (SPR) band for the large nanoparticles …

… quantum clusters (NMQCs) are the missing link between isolated noble metal atoms and
nanoparticles. NMQCs are sub-nanometer core sized clusters composed of a group of atoms, …