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 …

Tailoring the photoluminescence of atomically precise nanoclusters

X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their atomically precise structures and intriguing chemical/physical properties, metal
nanoclusters are an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. Photo-luminescence (PL) is …

Atomically precise colloidal metal nanoclusters and nanoparticles: fundamentals and opportunities

R Jin, C Zeng, M Zhou, Y Chen - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanoparticles are being intensely pursued in current nanoscience research.
Nanochemists are often frustrated by the well-known fact that no two nanoparticles are the …

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 …

Templated Atom‐Precise Galvanic Synthesis and Structure Elucidation of a [Ag24Au(SR)18] Nanocluster

MS Bootharaju, CP Joshi, MR Parida… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Synthesis of atom‐precise alloy nanoclusters with uniform composition is challenging when
the alloying atoms are similar in size (for example, Ag and Au). A galvanic exchange …

Customizing the structure, composition, and properties of alloy nanoclusters by metal exchange

S Wang, Q Li, X Kang, M Zhu - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The properties of metal materials can be greatly enriched by including various
elements to generate alloys. The galvanic replacement represents a classical method for the …

A mono-cuboctahedral series of gold nanoclusters: photoluminescence origin, large enhancement, wide tunability, and structure–property correlation

Q Li, M Zhou, WY So, J Huang, M Li… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The origin of the near-infrared photoluminescence (PL) from thiolate-protected gold
nanoclusters (Au NCs,< 2 nm) has long been controversial, and the exact mechanism for the …

The photoluminescent metal nanoclusters with atomic precision

H Yu, B Rao, W Jiang, S Yang, M Zhu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to their ultrasmall size, low toxicity, strong photoluminescence and ease with which they
can be chemically modified, luminescent metal (and especially the group IB metal) …

Bimetallic Au2Cu6 Nanoclusters: Strong Luminescence Induced by the Aggregation of Copper(I) Complexes with Gold(0) Species

X Kang, S Wang, Y Song, S Jin, G Sun… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) has been exploited to render non‐
luminescent CuISR complexes strongly luminescent. The CuISR complexes underwent …