A wide range of toxic chemicals is currently released into the environmental in terms of
airborne, aquatic and solid wastes due to the rapid international globalization and …

A significant challenge in the development of functional materials is understanding the
growth and transformations of anisotropic colloidal metal nanocrystals. Theory and …

We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene
and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt …

In this Perspective, we review recent studies of size-selected cluster deposition for catalysis
applications performed at the US DOE National Laboratories, with emphasis on work at …

In the pursuit of complete control over morphology in nanoparticle synthesis, knowledge of
the thermodynamic equilibrium shapes is a key ingredient. While approaches exist to …

All nanostructures are metastable–but some are more metastable than others. Here we
employ aberration-corrected electron microscopy and atomistic computer simulations to …

Relative stability of geometric magic-number gold nanoclusters with high point-group
symmetry (I h, D 5 h, O h) and size up to 3.5 nm, as well as structures obtained by global …

Conspectus It is hard to predict the future of science. For example, when C60 and its
structure were identified from the mass spectra of gas phase carbon clusters, few could have …

The equilibrium structures and dynamics of a nanoscale system are regulated by a complex
potential energy surface (PES). This is a key target of theoretical calculations but …

At the nanoscale, the investigation of structural features becomes fundamental as we can
establish relationships between cluster geometries and their physicochemical properties …