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 …

Fluorescent metal nanoclusters: prospects for photoinduced electron transfer and energy harvesting

S Bhunia, M Mukherjee, P Purkayastha - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on noble metal nanoclusters (MNCs)(elements with filled electron d-bands) is
progressing forward because of the extensive and extraordinary chemical, optical, and …

Au-based heterostructure composites for photo and electro catalytic energy conversions

JZ Hassan, A Zaheer, A Raza, G Li - Sustainable Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the innovative green technologies of electrocatalysis and photocatalysis
have been urgently developed for energy as well as environmental concerns. In …

Effect of Silver Alloying on the Vibrational Dynamics of Rod-Shaped Gold Nanoclusters

Y Wu, J Kong, W Zhang, S Wang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Doping and alloying are effective strategies to improve the performance of metal
nanoclusters, including photoluminescence and catalysis. The effect of doping on the …

Layer‐By‐Layer Assembly of Atomically Precise Alloy Nanoclusters Photosystems for Solar Water Oxidation

P Su, B Tang, FX Xiao - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs) have garnered tremendous attention as light‐
harvesting antennas in heterogeneous photocatalysis due to unique atomic stacking mode …

Overall structure of Au 12 Ag 60 (ScC 6 H 11) 31 Br 9 (Dppp) 6: achieving a stronger assembly of icosahedral M 13 units

M Zhou, K Li, P Wang, H Zhou, S Jin, Y Pei, M Zhu - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Precise atomically assembled nanoclusters provide a great platform to elucidate the
evolution of the assembly of building blocks. Herein, a large icosahedral (M13)-based silver …

Electrochemical and Optical Spectroscopic Probing of Transition‐Sized Au130(SR)50 Nanoclusters

X Du, X Zhang, H Ma, M Zhou, T Higaki… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasmall metal nanoclusters (NCs) exhibit a quantized conduction band, hence, a distinct
HOMO‐LUMO gap (Eg). Such a quantized electronic structure gives rise to multiple discrete …

Repurposing organic semiconducting nanomaterials to accelerate clinical translation of NIR-II fluorescence imaging

X Hu, F Sun, C Zhu, Z Yang, W Huang - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Optical imaging possesses important implications for early disease diagnosis, timely
disease treatment, and basic medical as well as biological research. Compared with the …

Single-atom alloy structure and unique bonding properties of Au 104 Ag 40 (PET) 60 nanoclusters

D Morris, X Du, R Jin, P Zhang - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The detailed characterization of AuAg alloy nanoclusters is essential to guide the discovery
of species ideal for applications in various fields including catalysis and biomedicine. This …

Alkynyl ligand for preparing atomically precise metal nanoclusters: Structure enrichment, property regulation, and functionality enhancement

Z Liu, X Liu, L Qin, H Chen, R Li, Z Tang - Chinese Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ligand plays a critical role in determining the physicochemical properties and functionalities
of metal nanoclusters, as the ligand molecules interact with a significant amount of metal …