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 …

Chemical flexibility of atomically precise metal clusters

S Li, NN Li, XY Dong, SQ Zang, TCW Mak - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ligand-protected metal clusters possess hybrid properties that seamlessly combine an
inorganic core with an organic ligand shell, imparting them exceptional chemical flexibility …

Recent developments in the investigation of driving forces for transforming coinage metal nanoclusters

X Zou, X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters serve as an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. The
transformation of metal nanoclusters has been fully reflected in their studies from every …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of polymer composites to fabricate wearable sensors: A comprehensive review

A Osman, J Lu - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of wearable sensors in domains related to healthcare systems, human
motion detection, robotics, and human–machine interactions has attracted significant …

Suppression of kernel vibrations by layer-by-layer ligand engineering boosts photoluminescence efficiency of gold nanoclusters

Y Zhong, J Zhang, T Li, W Xu, Q Yao, M Lu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The restriction of structural vibration has assumed great importance in attaining bright
emission of luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs), where tremendous efforts are devoted to …

Surface-exposed silver nanoclusters inside molecular metal oxide cavities

K Yonesato, D Yanai, S Yamazoe, D Yokogawa… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The surfaces of metal nanoclusters, including their interface with metal oxides, exhibit a high
reactivity that is attractive for practical purposes. This high reactivity, however, has also …

Supercrystal engineering of atomically precise gold nanoparticles promoted by surface dynamics

Q Yao, L Liu, S Malola, M Ge, H Xu, Z Wu, T Chen… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The controllable packing of functional nanoparticles (NPs) into crystalline lattices is of
interest in the development of NP-based materials. Here we demonstrate that the size …

Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties

X Kang, Y Li, M Zhu, R ** - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters

XM Luo, YK Li, XY Dong, SQ Zang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-containing clusters have attracted increasing attention over the past 2–3 decades.
This intense interest can be attributed to the fact that these discrete metal aggregates, whose …

Silver nanoparticles: synthesis and application for nanomedicine

SH Lee, BH Jun - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, metal nanoparticles less than 100 nm in diameter have made a
substantial impact across diverse biomedical applications, such as diagnostic and medical …