Atomically precise clusters of noble metals: emerging link between atoms and nanoparticles

I Chakraborty, T Pradeep - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters

Q Yao, M Zhu, Z Yang, X Song, X Yuan… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) are ultrasmall particles (< 3 nm) that represent
the molecular state of metal materials. Owing to their molecule-like structure—particularly …

Metal nanoclusters: new paradigm in catalysis for water splitting, solar and chemical energy conversion

A Munir, KS Joya, T Ul Haq, NUA Babar… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A sustainable future demands innovative breakthroughs in science and technology today,
especially in the energy sector. Earth‐abundant resources can be explored and used to …

Au22Ir3(PET)18: An Unusual Alloy Cluster through Intercluster Reaction

S Bhat, A Baksi, SK Mudedla, G Natarajan… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
An intercluster reaction between Au25 (PET) 18 and Ir9 (PET) 6 producing the alloy cluster,
Au22Ir3 (PET) 18 exclusively, is demonstrated where the ligand PET is 2-phenylethanethiol …

The emerging interface of mass spectrometry with materials

P Chakraborty, T Pradeep - NPG Asia Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Mass spectrometry (MS), a hundred-year-old subject, has been a technique of profound
importance to molecular science. Its impact in solid-state materials science has not been …

Synthesis, properties and applications of noble metal iridium nanomaterials

ML Cui, YS Chen, QF Xie, DP Yang, MY Han - Coordination Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Noble metal iridium nanostructures have been gaining significant research interest due to
their unique optical, electronic and catalytic properties for promising applications, which …

Iridium nanoclusters for highly efficient p-nitroaniline fluorescence sensor

ML Cui, GS Zhang, ZW Kang, XY Zhang, QF Xie… - Microchemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
A facile strategy was proposed for the preparation of two fluorescent iridium nanoclusters of
IrNCs-1 and IrNCs-2 by heating IrCl 3 in N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) and N …

[Ag 59 (2, 5-DCBT) 32] 3−: a new cluster and a precursor for three well-known clusters

E Khatun, A Ghosh, D Ghosh, P Chakraborty, A Nag… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the synthesis of a new silver cluster,[Ag59 (2, 5-DCBT) 32] 3−(I)(2, 5-DCBT: 2, 5-
dichlorobenzenethiol), which acts as a precursor for the synthesis of three well-known silver …

Glycerol to lactic acid conversion by NHC-stabilized iridium nanoparticles

W Oberhauser, C Evangelisti, A Liscio, A Kovtun… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrogen reduction of an Ir (I) complex featured by a bulky N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
ligand in dichloromethane gave small-sized (1.8 nm) Ir nanoparticles (NPs) decorated with …

Fluorescent iridium nanoclusters for selective determination of chromium (VI)

M Cui, C Wang, D Yang, Q Song - Microchimica Acta, 2018 - Springer
Fluorescent iridium nanoclusters (IrNCs) consisting of up to 7 Ir atoms were prepared by
heating IrCl 3 in N, N-dimethylformamide. No other reagents are required. High resolution …