The discovery of carbon fullerene cages and their solids opened a new avenue to build
materials from stable cage clusters as “artificial atoms” or “superatoms” instead of atoms …

Clusters are ensembles of bound atoms intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk
solid. Some of these clusters form stable units with atomically precise structures that give …

Abstract Although Cu nanoparticles (CuNPs) have been subjected to broad investigations,
especially viewing their easy access, low cost and rich catalytic properties, atomically …

Conspectus Bridging the gap between atoms and macroscopic matter, clusters continue to
be a subject of increasing research interest. Among the realm of cluster investigations, an …

Cluster-assembled materials offer the ability to tune component properties, lattice
parameters, and thus coupling of physical properties through the careful selection and …

The physical and chemical properties of cluster systems at the subnano and nanoscale are
often found to differ from those of the bulk and display a unique dependence on size …

Development of a central paradigm is undoubtedly the single most influential force
responsible for advancing Dalton's 19th century atomic/molecular chemistry concepts to the …

Transition metal atom (M)-encapsulating silicon cage nanoclusters (M@ Si16) exhibit a
superatomic nature, depending on the central M atom owing to the number of valence …

Since Faraday's pioneering work on gold colloids, tremendous scientific research on
plasmonic gold nanoparticles has been carried out, but no atomically precise Au …

The quantum states in metal clusters are grouped into bunches of close-lying eigenvalues,
termed electronic shells, similar to those of atoms. Filling of the electronic shells with paired …