Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

Colloidal nanoparticles are being intensely pursued in current nanoscience research.
Nanochemists are often frustrated by the well-known fact that no two nanoparticles are the …

Structural transformation of metal nanoclusters (NCs) is of great ongoing interest regarding
their synthesis, stability, and reactivity. Although sporadic examples of cluster …

Controlling nanoparticles with atomic precision has long been a major dream of
nanochemists. Breakthroughs have been made in the case of gold nanoparticles, at least for …

Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters are ultrasmall particles that are typically
composed of tens to hundreds of metal atoms in the core (equivalent sizes 1–3 nm). This …

The structural features that render gold nanoclusters intrinsically fluorescent are currently
not well understood. To address this issue, highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters have to be …

The properties of Ag nanoclusters are not as well understood as those of their more precious
Au cousins. However, a recent surge in the exploration of strategies to tune the …

Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters controlled by atomic accuracy (ie atomically precise
metal NCs) have recently attracted considerable attention as active sites in heterogeneous …

Silver metal, being a 3d transition metal in group 11 in the periodic table, is widely used in
material science for its distinguished plasmonic properties. Nanoparticles (NPs) and …

Small metal nanoparticles are known to be much more fluorescent than larger plasmonic
nanoparticles; however, the nature and origin of their fluorescence are not fully understood …