Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters as efficient catalysts: a bridge between structure and properties

Y Du, H Sheng, D Astruc, M Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Synthesis, structure, properties, and applications of bimetallic nanoparticles of noble metals

K Loza, M Heggen, M Epple - Advanced functional materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bimetallic nanoparticles of noble metals are of high interest in imaging, biomedical devices,
including nanomedicine, and heterogeneous catalysis. Synthesis, properties …

Atomically precise colloidal metal nanoclusters and nanoparticles: fundamentals and opportunities

R **, 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 …

Antimicrobial silver nanomaterials

K Zheng, MI Setyawati, DT Leong, J **e - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is considered as one of the greatest health threats worldwide, and we
are in a staring competition with microbes as antibiotic resistance mounts faster than our …

Antimicrobial gold nanoclusters

K Zheng, MI Setyawati, DT Leong, J **e - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Bulk gold (Au) is known to be chemically inactive. However, when the size of Au
nanoparticles (Au NPs) decreases to close to 1 nm or sub-nanometer dimensions, these …

Homoleptic Alkynyl‐Protected Ag15 Nanocluster with Atomic Precision: Structural Analysis and Electrocatalytic Performance toward CO2 Reduction

L Qin, F Sun, X Ma, G Ma, Y Tang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report the fabrication of homoleptic alkynyl‐protected Ag15 (C≡ C‐tBu) 12+(abbreviated
as Ag15) nanocluster and its electrocatalytic properties toward CO2 reduction reaction …

[Ag25(SR)18]: The “Golden” Silver Nanoparticle

CP Joshi, MS Bootharaju, MJ Alhilaly… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Silver nanoparticles with an atomically precise molecular formula [Ag25 (SR) 18]−(− SR:
thiolate) are synthesized, and their single-crystal structure is determined. This synthesized …

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 …

Antimicrobial cluster bombs: silver nanoclusters packed with daptomycin

K Zheng, MI Setyawati, TP Lim, DT Leong, J **e - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Integration of two distinctive bactericides into one entity is a promising platform to improve
the efficiency of antimicrobial agents. We report an efficient antimicrobial hybrid formed …

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 …