Atomically precise clusters of noble metals: emerging link between atoms and nanoparticles

I Chakraborty, T Pradeep - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

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 …

[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 …

All-thiol-stabilized Ag44 and Au12Ag32 nanoparticles with single-crystal structures

H Yang, Y Wang, H Huang, L Gell, L Lehtovaara… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Noble metal nanoparticles stabilized by organic ligands are important for applications in
assembly, site-specific bioconjugate labelling and sensing, drug delivery and medical …

Sub-nanometre sized metal clusters: from synthetic challenges to the unique property discoveries

Y Lu, W Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Sub-nanometre sized metal clusters, with dimensions between metal atoms and
nanoparticles, have attracted more and more attention due to their unique electronic …

Atomically precise metal nanoclusters: stable sizes and optical properties

R ** - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Metal nanoclusters as biomaterials for bioapplications: atomic precision as the next goal

J Yang, F Yang, C Zhang, X He, R ** - ACS Materials Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Noble metal nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new class of nanomaterials which have
great potential in bioapplications. Due to their ultrasmall size and versatile surface …

Gold do** of silver nanoclusters: a 26‐Fold enhancement in the luminescence quantum yield

G Soldan, MA Aljuhani, MS Bootharaju… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A high quantum yield (QY) of photoluminescence (PL) in nanomaterials is necessary for a
wide range of applications. Unfortunately, the weak PL and moderate stability of atomically …

Self‐Assembly of Precision Noble Metal Nanoclusters: Hierarchical Structural Complexity, Colloidal Superstructures, and Applications

JV Rival, P Mymoona, KM Lakshmi, Nonappa… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ligand protected noble metal nanoparticles are excellent building blocks for colloidal self‐
assembly. Metal nanoparticle self‐assembly offers routes for a wide range of multifunctional …

Engineering ultrasmall water-soluble gold and silver nanoclusters for biomedical applications

Z Luo, K Zheng, J **e - Chemical communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold and silver nanoclusters or Au/Ag NCs with core sizes smaller than 2 nm have been an
attractive frontier of nanoparticle research because of their unique physicochemical …