Ligands are of tremendous importance for colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) in terms of surface
protection, size and shape control, tailoring properties, self-assembly, and applications …

The use of protein templates for the controlled synthesis of inorganic nanostructures has
gained considerable attention in multidisciplinary fields, including electronics, optics …

Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

Propylene is one of the most important building blocks for the chemical industry. Traditional
propylene production, which is based on oil-based cracking processes, is being challenged …

Sentinel lymph node imaging and biopsy is important to clinical assessment of cancer
metastasis, and novel non-radioactive lymphographic tracers have been actively pursued …

Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) holds promise in the renewable clean
energy scheme. Crystalline Au and Ag are, however, poor in catalyzing HER, and the …

Bacterial keratitis is a serious ocular disease that affects millions of people worldwide each
year, among which≈ 25% are caused by Staphylococcus aureus. With the spread of …

Abstract Non-noble-metal-based [Mo 3 S 13] 2− nanoclusters (MS-c) as a co-catalyst face
the problems of instability and inevitable aggregation, which limit its photocatalytic …

The study of the structures and properties of atomically precise gold nanoclusters is the
object of active research worldwide. Recently, research has been also focusing on the …

Reducing the particle sizes of transition metals (TMs) and avoiding their aggregation are
crucial for increasing the TMs atom utilization and enhancing their industrial potential …