Metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide materials have a wide variety of applications.
For example, many metal clusters and nanoparticles are used as catalysts for reactions …

We introduce density functional theory and review recent progress in its application to
transition metal chemistry. Topics covered include local, meta, hybrid, hybrid meta, and …

After a decade's efforts, a large amount of highly luminescent metal nanoparticles with
different sizes and surface chemistries have been developed. While the luminescence is …

Gold nanoparticles currently elicit an intense and very broad research activity because of
their peculiar properties. Be it in catalysis, optics, electronics, sensing or theranostics, new …

The dissociation process of glutathione− gold (I) polymers in aqueous solution resulted in
the formation of a class of∼ 2 nm gold nanoparticles. Different from the same sized but …

In this section, we discuss the following:• Bond formation, relaxation, and the associated
energetics, entrapment, localization, and polarization of electrons mediate the performance …

Fluorescent Au25 nanoclusters recently have drawn considerable research interest due to
their unique properties and potential applications. Despite significant advances in their …

We report transport measurements on tunable single-molecule junctions of the organic
perchlorotrityl radical molecule, contacted with gold electrodes at low temperature. The …

Atomically precise Au nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as fascinating fluorescent
nanomaterials and attracted considerable research interest in both fundamental research …

Gold nanoparticles elicit a huge research activity in view of their applications in
diagnostics,[1, 2] therapy,[3] drug or gene delivery,[4] sensing [5, 6, 7] and imaging.[8] Gold …