Understanding ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters at work

MF Matus, H Häkkinen - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters, commonly termed 'monolayer-protected metal
clusters'(MPCs), comprise a common set of structures with an inorganic core stabilized by an …

Molecule-like synthesis of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters

Q Yao, M Zhu, Z Yang, X Song, X Yuan… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) are ultrasmall particles (< 3 nm) that represent
the molecular state of metal materials. Owing to their molecule-like structure—particularly …

Engineering Au44 Nanoclusters for NIR-II Luminescence Imaging-Guided Photoactivatable Cancer Immunotherapy

G Yang, X Pan, W Feng, Q Yao, F Jiang, F Du, X Zhou… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Immunotherapy is an advanced therapeutic strategy of cancer treatment but suffers from the
issues of off-target adverse effects, lack of real-time monitoring techniques, and …

Smart reversible transformations between chiral superstructures of copper clusters for optical and chiroptical switching

Z Han, Y Si, XY Dong, JH Hu, C Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Superstructures made from nanoscale clusters with new collective properties are promising
in high-tech applications; however, chiral superstructures remain elusive, and the limited …

Isostructural nanocluster manipulation reveals pivotal role of one surface atom in click chemistry

C Dong, RW Huang, A Sagadevan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Elucidating single‐atom effects on the fundamental properties of nanoparticles is
challenging because single‐atom modifications are typically accompanied by appreciable …

Radioluminescent Cu–Au Metal Nanoclusters: Synthesis and Self-Assembly for Efficient X-ray Scintillation and Imaging

RW Huang, X Song, S Chen, J Yin… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Zero-dimensional (0D) scintillation materials have drawn tremendous attention due to their
inherent advantages in the fabrication of flexible high-energy radiation scintillation screens …

Atomistic view of the energy transfer in a fluorophore-functionalized gold nanocluster

K Pyo, MF Matus, E Hulkko… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the dynamics of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in fluorophore-
functionalized nanomaterials is critical for develo** and utilizing such materials in …

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer in atomically precise metal nanoclusters by cocrystallization-induced spatial confinement

H Li, T Wang, J Han, Y Xu, X Kang, X Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) of metal nanoparticles at
the atomic level has long been a challenge due to the lack of accurate systems with definite …

Applications of Transmission Electron Microscopy in Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials

G Li, H Zhang, Y Han - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) is an emerging field that aims to tailor the
physicochemical properties of nanomaterials by precisely manipulating their crystal phases …

Triple-phosphorescent gold nanoclusters enabled by isomerization of terminal thiouracils in the surface motifs

W Dong, F Zhang, T Li, Y Zhong, L Hong… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) hold great promise for expressing multipeak emission based on
their well-defined total structure with diverse luminescent centers. Herein, we report the …