Understanding ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters at work

MF Matus, H Häkkinen - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters, commonly termed 'monolayer-protected metal
clusters'(MPCs), comprise a common set of structures with an inorganic core stabilized by an …

Copper nanoclusters: designed synthesis, structural diversity, and multiplatform applications

A Baghdasaryan, T Bürgi - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (MNCs) have gained tremendous research interest in
recent years due to their extraordinary properties. The molecular-like properties that …

Eight-Electron Superatomic Cu31 Nanocluster with Chiral Kernel and NIR-II Emission

T Jia, ZJ Guan, C Zhang, XZ Zhu, YX Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Owing to the inherent instability caused by the low Cu (I)/Cu (0) half-cell reduction potential,
Cu (0)-containing copper nanoclusters are quite uncommon in comparison to their Ag and …

Intrinsically electron conductive, antibacterial, and anti‐swelling hydrogels as implantable sensors for bioelectronics

X Xia, Q Liang, X Sun, D Yu, X Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
New materials and devices for bioelectronics have emerging applications in healthcare
monitoring and disease diagnostics. Hydrogel‐based sensors face great challenges in …

Isostructural nanocluster manipulation reveals pivotal role of one surface atom in click chemistry

C Dong, RW Huang, A Sagadevan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Elucidating single‐atom effects on the fundamental properties of nanoparticles is
challenging because single‐atom modifications are typically accompanied by appreciable …

Hydrido-coinage-metal clusters: Rational design, synthetic protocols and structural characteristics

C Sun, BK Teo, C Deng, J Lin, GG Luo, CH Tung… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ligated hydrido-coinage-metal clusters M x H y L z (M= Cu/Ag/Au, L= ligand; where x, y, and
z are positive integers) often exhibit interesting catalytic properties, and serve as ideal …

AIE triggers the circularly polarized luminescence of atomically precise enantiomeric copper (I) alkynyl clusters

MM Zhang, XY Dong, ZY Wang, HY Li, SJ Li… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise enantiomeric metal clusters are scarce, and copper (I) alkynyl clusters
with intense circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) responses have not been reported. A …

Ligand Design in Atomically Precise Copper Nanoclusters and Their Application in Electrocatalytic Reactions

Y Liu, J Yu, Y Lun, Y Wang, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) are compositionally well‐defined and also structurally precise
materials with unique molecule‐like properties and discrete electronic energy levels …

Correlations between the fundamentals and applications of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters: Recent advances in catalysis and biomedical applications

Z Liu, Z Wu, Q Yao, Y Cao, OJH Chai, J Xie - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasmall metal nanoparticles (NPs) with a well-defined composition and structure, the so-
called metal nanoclusters (NCs, usually smaller than 3 nm in size), represent the forefront …

Cu26 Nanoclusters with Quintuple Ligand Shells for CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction

S Li, X Yan, J Tang, D Cao, X Sun, G Tian… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper nanostructures represent an important class of materials in CO2 electrocatalytic
reduction (CO2ER) reactions, but deciphering their molecular structures, especially those …