Photoluminescent characterization of metal nanoclusters: Basic parameters, methods, and applications

H Lin, X Song, OJH Chai, Q Yao, H Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) can be synthesized with atomically precise structures and
molecule formulae due to the rapid development of nanocluster science in recent decades …

Toward active-site tailoring in heterogeneous catalysis by atomically precise metal nanoclusters with crystallographic structures

R **, G Li, S Sharma, Y Li, X Du - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis involves solid-state catalysts, among which metal nanoparticles
occupy an important position. Unfortunately, no two nanoparticles from conventional …

Near-unity NIR phosphorescent quantum yield from a room-temperature solvated metal nanocluster

WQ Shi, L Zeng, RL He, XS Han, ZJ Guan, M Zhou… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Metal nanoclusters have emerged as promising near-infrared (NIR)–emissive materials, but
their room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), especially in solution, is …

Structural engineering toward gold nanocluster catalysis

ZJ Guan, JJ Li, F Hu, QM Wang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold nanoclusters provide great opportunities to explore the relationship
between the structure and properties of nanogold catalysts. A nanocluster consists of a …

Tailoring Carbon Tails of Ligands on Au52(SR)32 Nanoclusters Enhances the Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Quantum Yield from 3.8 to 18.3%

Y Wang, Z Liu, A Mazumder… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
One of the important factors that determine the photoluminescence (PL) properties of gold
nanoclusters pertain to the surface. In this study, four Au52 (SR) 32 nanoclusters that feature …

Ligand design in ligand‐protected gold nanoclusters

B Zhang, J Chen, Y Cao, OJH Chai, J **e - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The design of surface ligands is crucial for ligand‐protected gold nanoclusters (Au NCs).
Besides providing good protection for Au NCs, the surface ligands also play the following …

Sulfide boosting near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield of silver nanocluster

SS Zhang, S Havenridge, C Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Silver nanoclusters have emerged as promising candidates for optoelectronic applications,
but their room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) is far from ideal to …

Chemically modified gold/silver superatoms as artificial elements at nanoscale: design principles and synthesis challenges

S Takano, T Tsukuda - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pure and doped gold/silver clusters protected by monolayers of organic ligands have
attracted much interest as novel functional materials owing to their nonbulk-like, size-specific …

Bis-Schiff base linkage-triggered highly bright luminescence of gold nanoclusters in aqueous solution at the single-cluster level

H Deng, K Huang, L **u, W Sun, Q Yao, X Fang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been developed as a new class of luminescent
nanomaterials with potential applications in various fields. However, for most of the metal …

Unraveling the impact of gold (I)–thiolate motifs on the aggregation‐induced emission of gold nanoclusters

Z Wu, Q Yao, OJH Chai, N Ding, W Xu… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) provides an efficient strategy to synthesize highly
luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs), however, rational control of emission energy and …