A review of modern transition-metal nanoclusters: their synthesis, characterization, and applications in catalysis

JD Aiken III, RG Finke - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 1999 - Elsevier
A literature review of modern transition-metal nanoclusters, with an emphasis on those
nanoclusters which are catalytically active, is presented in two parts. Part One presents …

Nanoscopic metal particles− synthetic methods and potential applications

H Bönnemann, RM Richards - European Journal of Inorganic …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Mono‐and bimetallic colloidal particles have gained increasing attention in science and
application throughout the last several years. In this contribution, we present a synopsis of …

Quenching of magnetic moments by ligand-metal interactions in nanosized magnetic metal clusters

DA van Leeuwen, JM Van Ruitenbeek, LJ De Jongh… - Physical review …, 1994 - APS
Local density functional calculations and experimental magnetization studies on giant nickel
carbonyl clusters are presented. The results show convincingly that the effect of the carbonyl …

Metal-cluster compounds and universal features of the hopping conductivity of solids

MPJ van Staveren, HB Brom, LJ De Jongh - Physics reports, 1991 - Elsevier
In this paper we present an overview of data on the DC conductivity and on the frequency
dependent (up to 1 MHz) dielectric properties of polynuclear metal cluster compounds …

The Application of Au55 Clusters as Quantum Dots

U Simon, G Schön, G Schmid - … Chemie International Edition in …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
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hexagonal liquid crystal phase transition. Therefore, from a structural point of view, it appears that …

Platinum carbonyl clusters chemistry: four decades of challenging nanoscience

I Ciabatti, C Femoni, MC Iapalucci, G Longoni… - Journal of Cluster …, 2014 - Springer
The state of art of the chemical, spectroscopic and structural characterization of platinum
carbonyl clusters is reviewed. We begin by enlightening the fundamental contribution given …

Clusters and colloids: bridges between molecular and condensed material

G Schmid - Endeavour, 1990 - Elsevier
Classical studies of metals concerned themselves with their properties when in bulk form.
But recent research has shown that these properties may be very different when metals exist …

Highly dispersed metal clusters and colloids for the preparation of active liquid-phase hydrogenation catalysts

H Bo, W Brijoux, R Brinkmann, E Dinjus… - Journal of molecular …, 1992 - Elsevier
A comparison of the activities of conventionally precipitated metals on charcoal, deposited
organometallic clusters and metal colloids for liquid-phase hydrogenation has been made …

Single-electron tunneling in Au [sub 55] cluster monolayers.

LF Chi, M Hartig, T Drechsler… - Applied Physics A …, 1998 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract. Metallic nanometer clusters composed of 55 gold atoms isolated from each other
by a thin organic ligand film, with a total diameter of 2.1 nm, were fabricated as monolayers …

Preparation and catalytic properties of NR‐stabilized palladium colloids

H Bönnemann, R Brinkmann… - Applied organometallic …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Palladium colloids revealing narrow particle size distributions can be obtained by chemical
reduction using tetra–alkylammonium hydrotriorganoborates. Combining the stabilizing …