Surface and interface coordination chemistry learned from model heterogeneous metal nanocatalysts: from atomically dispersed catalysts to atomically precise …

W Jing, H Shen, R Qin, Q Wu, K Liu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

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 …

Surface chemistry of atomically precise coinage–metal nanoclusters: from structural control to surface reactivity and catalysis

J Yan, BK Teo, N Zheng - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus A comprehensive understanding of chemical bonding and reactions at the
surface of nanomaterials is of great importance in the rational design of their functional …

Insights into the interfacial effects in heterogeneous metal nanocatalysts toward selective hydrogenation

K Liu, R Qin, N Zheng - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous metal catalysts are distinguished by their structure inhomogeneity and
complexity. The chameleonic nature of heterogeneous metal catalysts have prevented us …

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 …

Atomically precise site-specific tailoring and directional assembly of superatomic silver nanoclusters

ZY Wang, MQ Wang, YL Li, P Luo, TT Jia… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Convenient generation of stable superatomic silver clusters and their systematic site-specific
tailoring and directional assembly present an enduring and significant challenge. In this …

Engineering functional metal materials at the atomic level

Q Yao, X Yuan, T Chen, DT Leong, J Xie - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
With continuous research efforts devoted into synthesis and characterization chemistry of
functional nanomaterials in the past decades, the development of metal materials is …

Metal nanoclusters as biomaterials for bioapplications: atomic precision as the next goal

J Yang, F Yang, C Zhang, X He, R Jin - ACS Materials Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Noble metal nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new class of nanomaterials which have
great potential in bioapplications. Due to their ultrasmall size and versatile surface …

Chirality and surface bonding correlation in atomically precise metal nanoclusters

Y Li, T Higaki, X Du, R Jin - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality is ubiquitous in nature and occurs at all length scales. The development of
applications for chiral nanostructures is rising rapidly. With the recent achievements of …

Programmable metal nanoclusters with atomic precision

Y Li, M Zhou, R Jin - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the recent establishment of atomically precise nanochemistry, capabilities toward
programmable control over the nanoparticle size and structure are being developed …