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 …

Recent advances in the synthetic chemistry of atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs)
have significantly broadened the accessible sizes and structures. Such particles are well …

Single Pt atom catalysts are key targets because a high exposure of Pt substantially
enhances electrocatalytic activity. In addition, PtRu alloy nanoparticles are the most active …

As a fundamental step of water splitting and a step** stone toward exploring other
multielectron transfer processes, the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is …

It is challenging to attain strong near-infrared (NIR) emissive gold nanoclusters. Here we
show a rod-shaped cluster with the composition of [Au28 (p-MBT) 14 (Hdppa) 3](SO3CF3) 2 …

Controlling nanoparticles with atomic precision has long been a major dream of
nanochemists. Breakthroughs have been made in the case of gold nanoparticles, at least for …

Revealing structural isomerism in nanoparticles using single-crystal X-ray crystallography
remains a largely unresolved task, although it has been theoretically predicted with some …

We report on how the transition from the bulk structure to the cluster-specific structure occurs
in n-dodecanethiolate-protected gold clusters, Au n (SC12) m. To elucidate this transition …

Thiolate-protected gold clusters (Au n (SR) m) have received significant attention as new
functional nanomaterials because they exhibit size-specific physical and chemical …

Understanding the isomerism phenomenon at the nanoscale is a challenging task because
of the prerequisites of precise composition and structural information on nanoparticles …