Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters as efficient catalysts: a bridge between structure and properties

Y Du, H Sheng, D Astruc, M Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Ligand design in ligand‐protected gold nanoclusters

B Zhang, J Chen, Y Cao, OJH Chai, J Xie - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The design of surface ligands is crucial for ligand‐protected gold nanoclusters (Au NCs).
Besides providing good protection for Au NCs, the surface ligands also play the following …

Atomically precise colloidal metal nanoclusters and nanoparticles: fundamentals and opportunities

R Jin, C Zeng, M Zhou, Y Chen - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanoparticles are being intensely pursued in current nanoscience research.
Nanochemists are often frustrated by the well-known fact that no two nanoparticles are the …

Au 25 (SR) 18: the captain of the great nanocluster ship

X Kang, H Chong, M Zhu - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metal nanoclusters are in the intermediate state between discrete atoms and
plasmonic nanoparticles and are of significance due to their atomically accurate structures …

Polymeric AIE-based nanoprobes for biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives

X Zhang, K Wang, M Liu, X Zhang, L Tao, Y Chen… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of polymeric luminescent nanomaterials for biomedical applications has
recently attracted a large amount of attention due to the remarkable advantages of these …

Near-infrared electrogenerated chemiluminescence from aqueous soluble lipoic acid Au nanoclusters

T Wang, D Wang, JW Padelford, J Jiang… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Strong electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) is detected from dithiolate Au
nanoclusters (AuNCs) in aqueous solution under ambient conditions. A novel mechanism to …

An overview on the current understanding of the photophysical properties of metal nanoclusters and their potential applications

S Maity, D Bain, A Patra - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photophysics of atomically precise metal nanoclusters (MNCs) is an emerging area of
research due to their potential applications in optoelectronics, photovoltaics, sensing, bio …

Supramolecular self-assembly bioinspired synthesis of luminescent gold nanocluster-embedded peptide nanofibers for temperature sensing and cellular imaging

W Zhang, D Lin, H Wang, J Li, GU Nienhaus… - Bioconjugate …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) hold great potential as novel luminescent nanomaterials in many
applications, while the synthesis of highly luminescent metal NCs still remains challenging …

Recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications of ultrasmall thiolated silver nanoclusters

K Zheng, X Yuan, N Goswami, Q Zhang, J Xie - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
With ultrasmall particle sizes of∼ 1 nm, thiolate-protected silver nanoclusters (or thiolated
Ag NCs) have recently emerged as an attractive frontier of nanoparticle research because of …

Ultrasmall Au and Ag nanoclusters for biomedical applications: a review

J Tang, H Shi, G Ma, L Luo, Z Tang - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Noble metal (eg, Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, and their alloys) nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a
new type of functional nanomaterial in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Owing to their …