Super atomic clusters: design rules and potential for building blocks of materials

P Jena, Q Sun - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Atomic clusters, consisting of a few to a few thousand atoms, have emerged over the past 40
years as the ultimate nanoparticles, whose structure and properties can be controlled one …

Endohedrally doped cage clusters

J Zhao, Q Du, S Zhou, V Kumar - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The discovery of carbon fullerene cages and their solids opened a new avenue to build
materials from stable cage clusters as “artificial atoms” or “superatoms” instead of atoms …

Energy decomposition analysis

L Zhao, M von Hopffgarten… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The energy decomposition analysis (EDA) is a powerful method for a quantitative
interpretation of chemical bonds in terms of three major components. The instantaneous …

Energy decomposition analysis

M Hopffgarten, G Frenking - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The energy decomposition analysis (EDA) is a powerful method for a quantitative
interpretation of chemical bonds in terms of three major expressions. The instantaneous …

Quantum mechanical studies of large metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide nanoparticles and clusters

A Fernando, KLDM Weerawardene… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide materials have a wide variety of applications.
For example, many metal clusters and nanoparticles are used as catalysts for reactions …

Zintl ions, cage compounds, and intermetalloid clusters of group 14 and group 15 elements

S Scharfe, F Kraus, S Stegmaier… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
For a long time, Zintl ions of Group 14 and 15 elements were considered to be remarkable
species domiciled in solid‐state chemistry that have unexpected stoichiometries and …

Intermetalloid and heterometallic clusters combining p-block (semi) metals with d-or f-block metals

RJ Wilson, N Lichtenberger, B Weinert… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Clusters have been the subject of intense investigations since their famous definition
launched by Cotton in 1963, and the area has expanded ever since. One obvious …

Electronic structure and bonding in endohedral Zintl clusters

JE McGrady, F Weigend, S Dehnen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Endohedral Zintl clusters—multi-metallic anionic molecules in which a d-block or f-block
metal atom is enclosed by p-block (semi) metal atoms—are very topical in contemporary …

Biicosahedral Gold Clusters [Au25(PPh3)10(SCnH2n+1)5Cl2]2+ (n = 2−18):  A Step** Stone to Cluster-Assembled Materials

Y Shichibu, Y Negishi, T Watanabe… - The Journal of …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The chemical reaction between [Au11 (PPh3) 8Cl2]+ and n-alkanethiol C n H2 n+ 1SH (n=
2, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18) serendipitously yielded stable Au25 cluster compounds with the …

[Ag21{S2P(OiPr)2}12]+: An Eight‐Electron Superatom

RS Dhayal, JH Liao, YC Liu, MH Chiang… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A novel discrete [Ag21 {S2P (OiPr) 2} 12](PF6) nanocluster has been synthesized and
characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction and also NMR spectroscopy (1H, 31P), ESI …