Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are an integral part of many exciting and novel biomedical
applications, sparking the urgent need for a thorough understanding of the physicochemical …

Modern concepts of the structure and properties of atomic gold clusters protected by thiolate,
selenolate, phosphine and phenylacetylene ligands are analyzed. Within the framework of …

Light-emitting nanoparticles like semiconductor nanocrystals (termed quantum dots, QDs)
are promising candidates for biosensing and bioimaging applications based on their bright …

Supported gold nanoparticles are promising catalysts for production of H2O2 from O2 and
H2. Size, structure, and palladium doping effects play the key role in activity and selectivity of …

Responsive smart surfaces with controllable wettability have a high potential application in
self‐cleaning and oil‐water separation. In this work, a new and simple method is reported to …

The catalytic, electrochemical, and optical properties of gold clusters and small
nanoparticles depend on the cluster size, on the nature of the ligand shell and on the solvent …

The gold (I) complexes [Au {S2CN (CH2CH CH2) 2}(L)][L= PPh3, PCy3, PMe3, CN t Bu,
IDip] are prepared from KS2CN (CH2CH CH2) 2 and [(L) AuCl]. The compounds [L2 …

We present CCSD (T) interaction energies and the bonding analysis for complexes of Cu,
Ag, and Au with the lone-pair ligands H2O, OF2, OMe2, NH3, NF3, NMe3, H2S, SF2, SMe2 …

The operation of many nanostructured biomolecular sensors and catalysts critically hinges
on the manipulation of non-covalent adsorption of biomolecules on unfunctionalised noble …

Background: The adsorption of organic molecules on metal surfaces has a broad array of
applications, from device engineering to medical diagnosis. The most extensively …