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 …

Heterogeneous catalysis involves solid-state catalysts, among which metal nanoparticles
occupy an important position. Unfortunately, no two nanoparticles from conventional …

Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Supported metal clusters containing only a few atoms are of great interest. Progress has
been made in synthesis of metal single-atom catalysts. However, precise synthesis of metal …

Noble metal nanoclusters are in the intermediate state between discrete atoms and
plasmonic nanoparticles and are of significance due to their atomically accurate structures …

Metal nanoparticles have received intense scientific attention in the field of catalysis. Precise
engineering of nanomaterials' size, shape and surface composition, including adsorbed …

As an environmentally friendly technology, photocatalysis has been widely used in many
fields. Currently, the drawbacks of pristine semiconductors as traditional photocatalysts …

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

With continuous research efforts devoted into synthesis and characterization chemistry of
functional nanomaterials in the past decades, the development of metal materials is …

Due to their excellent catalytic properties under mild reaction conditions, well-defined,
nanosized noble metal catalysts have potential applications in the manufacture of fine …