Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

The field of chiral inorganic nanostructures is rapidly expanding. It started from the
observation of strong circular dichroism during the synthesis of individual nanoparticles …

Abstract Ultrasmall (< 2 nm) ligand-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been an
emerging class of functional materials with rich coordination chemistry, finding increasing …

Chirality in nanoscience may offer new opportunities for applications beyond the traditional
fields of chirality, such as the asymmetric catalysts in the molecular world and the chiral …

The structural properties of free nanoclusters are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the
interplay of energetic, thermodynamic, and kinetic factors in the explanation of cluster …

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Bestowing chirality to metals is central in fields such as heterogeneous catalysis and
modern optics. Although the bulk phase of metals is symmetric, their surfaces can become …

Thiolate (SR)‐protected gold nanoclusters (Aun (SR) m NCs) are a rare type of material
capable of simultaneously exhibiting multiple physicochemical properties well‐suited to …

We present a systematic study of the electronic properties and the geometric structure of
noble metal clusters X n ν (X= Cu, Ag, Au; ν=− 1, 0,+ 1; n⩽ 13 and n= 20), obtained from first …

In this work, a facile ion-pairing strategy for asymmetric synthesis of optically active
negatively charged chiral metal nanoparticles using chiral ammonium cations is …