Ligand-protected metal clusters possess hybrid properties that seamlessly combine an
inorganic core with an organic ligand shell, imparting them exceptional chemical flexibility …

Phosphorescence, characterized by luminescent lifetimes significantly longer than that of
biological autofluorescence under ambient environment, is of great value for biomedical …

Due to their magnetic photophysical properties, circularly polarized luminescence (CPL)
materials are of particular interest. They have a wide range of potential applications in …

Immunotherapy is an advanced therapeutic strategy of cancer treatment but suffers from the
issues of off-target adverse effects, lack of real-time monitoring techniques, and …

Chiral atomically precise metal clusters, known for their remarkable chiroptical properties,
hold great potential for applications in chirality recognition. However, advancements in this …

Chirality is ubiquitous in nature, and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) is one of the
key features of some chiral non-racemic luminescent systems. Among the developed CPL …

The manipulation of metal cluster enantiomers and their reconstruction remain challenging.
Here, for the first time, we report an enantiomeric pair of hydride copper clusters [Cu18H …

Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) are ultrasmall particles (< 3 nm) that represent
the molecular state of metal materials. Owing to their molecule-like structure—particularly …

Understanding how the chiral or achiral section in chiral nanostructures contributes to
circularly polarized light emission (CPLE) at the atomic level is of fundamental importance …

Chiral Au nanoclusters have promising application prospects in chiral sensing, asymmetric
catalysis, and chiroptics. However, enantiopure superatomic homogold clusters with …