Conspectus Over recent years, research on thiolate-protected gold clusters Au m (SR) n has
gained significant interest. Milestones were the successful determination of a series of …

Theoretical Chemistry of Gold - Pyykkö - 2004 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition -
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Regarding the activation of chemical reactions, today's chemist is used to thinking in terms of
thermochemistry, electrochemistry, and photochemistry, which is reflected in the …

In the following section, we will recapitulate selected experimental milestones through the
eyes of the theoretician, which, in our opinion, significantly advanced the field of covalent …

Monolayer-protected metal nanoparticles (NPs) have gained a great deal of attention in the
past decade because of their unique electronic properties and potential optical-sensing …

Synthesis of ultrasmall water-soluble fluorescent gold nanoclusters is reported. The clusters
have a decent quantum yield, high colloidal stability, and can be readily conjugated with …

Gold surfaces modified with C3− C18-alkanethiols (CH3 (CH2) X-1SH; HX SH; x= 3, 8, 12,
16, 18) and C16-alkanethiols, fluorinated at the outer 1, 2, 4, and 10 methylene positions …

Density functional theory calculations are used to explore phosphine-and thiolate-protected
gold nanoclusters, namely, Au39 (PH3) 14Cl6 and Au38 (SCH3) 24. For Au38 (SCH3) 24, a …

Chemisorption of organosulfur molecules, such as alkanethiols, arenethiols and disulfide
compounds on gold surfaces and their subsequent self-organization is the archetypal …

The fascinating particle size dependence to the physical, photophysical, and chemical
properties of gold has motivated thousands of studies focused on exploring the ability of …