Recent developments in the investigation of driving forces for transforming coinage metal nanoclusters

X Zou, X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters serve as an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. The
transformation of metal nanoclusters has been fully reflected in their studies from every …

Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties

X Kang, Y Li, M Zhu, R Jin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

Body-Centered-Cubic-Kernelled Ag15Cu6 Nanocluster with Alkynyl Protection: Synthesis, Total Structure, and CO2 Electroreduction

G Deng, J Kim, MS Bootharaju, F Sun… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
While atomically monodisperse nanostructured materials are highly desirable to unravel the
size-and structure-catalysis relationships, their controlled synthesis and the atomic-level …

Atom‐Precise Heteroatom Core‐Tailoring of Nanoclusters for Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Generation

MS Bootharaju, CW Lee, G Deng, H Kim… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While core–shell nanomaterials are highly desirable for realizing enhanced optical and
catalytic properties, their synthesis with atomic‐level control is challenging. Here, the …

Structure, assembly mechanism and magnetic properties of heterometallic dodecanuclear nanoclusters Dy III4 M II8 (M= Ni, Co)

S Yu, QH Zhang, Z Chen, HH Zou, H Hu… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of heterometallic clusters usually involves a much more complex self-
assembly process than that of homometallic clusters. Thus the tracking of their assembly …

Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters for Photocatalytic Water Splitting

Y Liu, Y Wang, N Pinna - ACS Materials Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise nanoclusters (NCs), which bridge the gap between molecular chemistry
and nanochemistry, are drawing significant attention in various fields. Due to their discrete …

Nanogymnastics: Visualization of Intercluster Reactions by High-Resolution Trapped Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry

A Baksi, EK Schneider, P Weis… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Although single-crystal X-ray diffraction is a proven technique to determine the structure of
monolayer-protected coinage metal clusters in solid state, it is not readily applicable to the …

Tuning solvent composition to enhance the stability of metal clusters in mass spectrometry

Y Han, Y Jiang, JJ Yang, S Lin, Z Tang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF-MS) has been recognized
as a powerful technique for studying metal clusters' chemical composition and reaction …

Revealing the composition-dependent structural evolution fundamentals of bimetallic nanoparticles through an inter-particle alloying reaction

Y Lin, Y Cao, Q Yao, J Xie - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Alloy nanoparticles represent one of the most important metal materials, finding increasing
applications in diverse fields of catalysis, biomedicine, and nano-optics. However, the …

Two Heterometallic Nanoclusters [DyIII4NiII8] and [DyIII10MnIII4MnII2]: Structure, Assembly Mechanism, and Magnetic Properties

S Yu, H Hu, HH Zou, D Liu, Y Liang, FP Liang… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A full understanding of the assembly mechanisms of coordination complexes is of great
importance for a directional synthesis under control. We thus explored here the formation …