Metal-containing clusters have attracted increasing attention over the past 2–3 decades.
This intense interest can be attributed to the fact that these discrete metal aggregates, whose …

Atomic clusters, consisting of a few to a few thousand atoms, have emerged over the past 40
years as the ultimate nanoparticles, whose structure and properties can be controlled one …

Wood fuel was the main energy source before the 18th century, and then coal started to
dominate the energy component since the invention of steam engine in the industrial …

Clusters are ensembles of bound atoms intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk
solid. Some of these clusters form stable units with atomically precise structures that give …

Silver cluster-assembled materials (SCAMs), by virtue of their tunable structure, accessible
surface area and excellent stability, hold great promise as highly efficient catalysts. Herein …

Convenient generation of stable superatomic silver clusters and their systematic site-specific
tailoring and directional assembly present an enduring and significant challenge. In this …

Conspectus The relative role of electronic and geometric effects on the stability of clusters
has been a contentious topic for quite some time, with the focus on electronic structure …

Conspectus Metal clusters have been very attractive due to their aesthetic structures and
fascinating properties. Different from nanoparticles, each cluster of a macroscopic sample …

In this Perspective, we present a unique approach to the design and synthesis of giant
molecules based on “nanoatoms” for engineering structures across multiple length scales …

Recent efforts in nanoscience to control nanoparticles with atomic precision have met with
success in solution-phase chemistry, opening new opportunities. The products, atomically …