Global optimization of chemical cluster structures: Methods, applications, and challenges

J Zhang, VA Glezakou - International Journal of Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical clusters are relevant to many applications in catalysis, separations, materials, and
energy sciences. Experimentally, the structure of clusters is difficult to determine, but it is …

Toward Solution Syntheses of the Tetrahedral Au20 Pyramid and Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters with Uncoordinated Sites

QF Zhang, X Chen, LS Wang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus A long-standing objective of cluster science is to discover highly stable clusters
and to use them as models for catalysts and building blocks for cluster-assembled materials …

Structural isomerism in gold nanoparticles revealed by X-ray crystallography

S Tian, YZ Li, MB Li, J Yuan, J Yang, Z Wu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Revealing structural isomerism in nanoparticles using single-crystal X-ray crystallography
remains a largely unresolved task, although it has been theoretically predicted with some …

Fluxionality of catalytic clusters: when it matters and how to address it

H Zhai, AN Alexandrova - ACS Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
Small clusters secured at a given size, for example, via deposition on surfaces of
semiconductors, can be remarkable catalysts. In the so-called “non-scalable” regime, where …

Distance makes a difference in crystalline photoluminescence

Z Gan, Y Liu, L Wang, S Jiang, N **a, Z Yan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Crystallization-induced photoluminescence weakening was recently revealed in ultrasmall
metal nanoparticles. However, the fundamentals of the phenomenon are not understood yet …

Magic-number gold nanoclusters with diameters from 1 to 3.5 nm: Relative stability and catalytic activity for CO oxidation

H Li, L Li, A Pedersen, Y Gao, N Khetrapal… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Relative stability of geometric magic-number gold nanoclusters with high point-group
symmetry (I h, D 5 h, O h) and size up to 3.5 nm, as well as structures obtained by global …

Isomeric Effects of Au28(S-c-C6H11)20 Nanoclusters on Photoluminescence: Roles of Electron-Vibration Coupling and Higher Triplet State

A Mazumder, K Li, Z Liu, Y Wang, Y Pei, LA Peteanu… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The exploration of near-infrared photoluminescence (PL) from atomically precise
nanoclusters is currently a prominent area of interest owing to its importance in both …

Neural network potentials for dynamics and thermodynamics of gold nanoparticles

S Chiriki, S **dal, SS Bulusu - The Journal of chemical physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
For understanding the dynamical and thermodynamical properties of metal nanoparticles,
one has to go beyond static and structural predictions of a nanoparticle. Accurate description …

Structural Evolution and Stability Trend of Small-Sized Gold Clusters Aun (n = 20–30)

PV Nhat, NT Si, MT Nguyen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2020 - ACS Publications
Structural evolution and stability pattern of pure neutral gold clusters Au n in the small size
range of n= 20–30 are examined using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The …

Probing anion–molecule complexes of atmospheric relevance using anion photoelectron detachment spectroscopy

CC Jarrold - ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bimolecular reaction and collision complexes that drive atmospheric chemistry and
contribute to the absorption of solar radiation are fleeting and therefore inherently …