Au 25 (SR) 18: the captain of the great nanocluster ship

X Kang, H Chong, M Zhu - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metal nanoclusters are in the intermediate state between discrete atoms and
plasmonic nanoparticles and are of significance due to their atomically accurate structures …

Deepening the understanding of thiolate-protected metal clusters using high-performance liquid chromatography

Y Niihori, K Yoshida, S Hossain… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Thiolate (SR)-protected metal clusters have been extensively studied by using various
structural analysis methods since the start of research into these clusters. We have also …

Coexistent, Competing Tunnelling, and Hop** Charge Transport in Compressed Metal Nanocluster Crystals

S Ji, D Peng, F Sun, Q You, R Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding charge transport among metal particles with sizes of approximately 1 nm
poses a great challenge due to the ultrasmall nanosize, yet it holds great significance in the …

Synthesis and Structure of Self-Assembled Pd2Au23(PPh3)10Br7 Nanocluster: Exploiting Factors That Promote Assembly of Icosahedral Nano-Building-Blocks

X Kang, J **ang, Y Lv, W Du, H Yu, S Wang… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The essential force of self-assembly in the nanocluster range is not intrinsically understood
to date. In this work, the synergistic effect between metals was exploited to render the self …

Modulating photo-luminescence of Au 2 Cu 6 nanoclusters via ligand-engineering

X Kang, X Li, H Yu, Y Lv, G Sun, Y Li, S Wang, M Zhu - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, the luminescence of Au2Cu6 nanoclusters was controlled by tailoring the ligand
to metal charge transfer via engineering the phosphine ligands with electron-donating or …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of Hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles under different spectral lights transforms physio chemical, biological, and nanozymatic properties

A Sajjad, S Hussain, GH Jaffari, S Hanif, MN Qureshi… - Nano Trends, 2023 - Elsevier
Fabrication of iron oxide (Fe 2 O 3) nanoparticles (NPs) with different spectral lights was
carried out to unveil the effect of change in the wavelength of Photons. NPs were …

De-assembly of assembled Pt 1 Ag 12 units: tailoring the photoluminescence of atomically precise nanoclusters

X Kang, L **ong, S Wang, Y Pei, M Zhu - Chemical Communications, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Considering the significant effect of the size of a nanocluster on its optical energy gap, we
herein exploit the concept of de-assembly to render a blue-shift of the photoluminescent …

TiO2 film decorated with highly dispersed polyoxometalate nanoparticles synthesized by micelle directed method for the efficiency enhancement of dye-sensitized …

L He, L Chen, Y Zhao, W Chen, C Shan, Z Su… - Journal of Power …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, two kinds of polyoxometalate (POM) nanoparticles with controlled shapes and
structures were synthesized by micelle directed method and then composited with TiO 2 via …

Charge-Transfer Effects in Ligand Exchange Reactions of Au25 Monolayer-Protected Clusters

TM Carducci, RE Blackwell… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Reported here are second-order rate constants of associative ligand exchanges of Au25L18
nanoparticles (L= phenylethanethiolate) of various charge states, measured by proton …

Expandable photo-induced synthetic route to generate highly controlled noble metal nanoparticles

X Mao, J Kwon, H Zhou, J Lee - Current Applied Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
A photo-stimulation strategy was applied to synthesize colloidal noble-metal nanoparticles
(NPs) with a highly controlling of size and morphology with high yield at room temperature …