This perspective highlights advances in the preparation and understanding of metal
nanoclusters stabilized by organic ligands with a focus on N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) …

Catalysis is at the core of chemistry and has been essential to make all the goods
surrounding us, including fuels, coatings, plastics and other functional materials. In the near …

As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes, despite being isolated and characterized three decades ago, still
capture scientists' interest as versatile, modular and strongly coordinating moieties. In the …

Propane is a tri-carbon (C3) alkane widely used as a fuel. Despite recent advances in CO2
electrocatalysis, the production of C3+ molecules directly from CO2 is challenging due to …

The dynamic response of surface ligands on nanoparticles (NPs) to external stimuli critically
determines the functionality of NP–ligand systems. For example, in electrocatalysis the …

Heterogeneous catalysis plays an important role in modern industry. Exploring catalysts with
high efficiency, low-cost, and high stability is an important issue for the research of …

Heterogeneous catalysts represent the backbone of many industrial processes and thus
have a considerable societal impact. The active sites of these heterogeneous catalysts are …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become one of the most widely studied class of
ligands in molecular chemistry and have found applications in fields as varied as catalysis …

Atomically precise hydrido gold nanoclusters are extremely rare but interesting due to their
potential applications in catalysis. By optimization of molecular precursors, we have …