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 …

A review of state of the art in phosphine ligated gold clusters and application in catalysis

RH Adnan, JML Madridejos, AS Alotabi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold clusters are highly desirable due to their well‐defined structure
which allows the study of structure–property relationships. In addition, they have potential in …

Sulfide boosting near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield of silver nanocluster

SS Zhang, S Havenridge, C Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Silver nanoclusters have emerged as promising candidates for optoelectronic applications,
but their room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) is far from ideal to …

Toward controlled syntheses of diphosphine-protected homochiral gold nanoclusters through precursor engineering

WD Si, YZ Li, SS Zhang, S Wang, L Feng, ZY Gao… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Controllable syntheses of Au nanoclusters (NCs) with different nuclearities are of great
significance due to the kernel-dependent physicochemical properties. Herein, two pairs of …

On‐line reaction monitoring and mechanistic studies by mass spectrometry: Negishi cross‐coupling, hydrogenolysis, and reductive amination

X Yan, E Sokol, X Li, G Li, S Xu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Reaction monitoring using inductive ESI mass spectrometry allows chemical reactions to be
tracked in real time, including air‐and moisture‐sensitive as well as heterogeneous …

Octagold selenido nanoclusters: Significance of surface ligands on tuning geometric and electronic structure of Au8Se2 kernel

S Zhang, Y Li, L Feng, Q Xue, Z Gao, C Tung, D Sun - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Two diphosphine-protected superatom gold selenido nanoclusters,[Au8Se2 (dppm) 4]
2+(SD/Au8a, dppm= Ph2PCH2PPh2) and [Au8Se2 (dppe) 4] 2+(SD/Au8b, dppe= Ph2P …

Understanding ligand effects in gold clusters using mass spectrometry

GE Johnson, J Laskin - Analyst, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review summarizes recent research on the influence of phosphine ligands on the size,
stability, and reactivity of gold clusters synthesized in solution. Sub-nanometer clusters …

Chiral noble metal nanoparticles and nanostructures

NV Karimova, CM Aikens - Particle & Particle Systems …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The origins of chirality and chiroptical properties in ligand‐protected gold and silver
nanoparticles (NPs) are considered herein. Current conceptual models including the chiral …

Benchmark Models for Elucidating Ligand Effects: Thiols Ligated Isostructural Cu6 Nanoclusters

L Zhang, M Guo, J Zhou, C Fang, X Sun - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise copper nanoclusters (Cu NCs) have attracted tremendous attention for
their huge potential in many applications. However, the uncertainty of the growth mechanism …

Ligand induced structural isomerism in phosphine coordinated gold clusters revealed by ion mobility mass spectrometry

MR Ligare, ES Baker, J Laskin… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Structural isomerism in ligated gold clusters is revealed using electrospray ionization ion
mobility spectrometry mass spectrometry. Phosphine ligated Au8 clusters are shown to …