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 …

Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters as efficient catalysts: a bridge between structure and properties

Y Du, H Sheng, D Astruc, M Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Renal clearable catalytic gold nanoclusters for in vivo disease monitoring

CN Loynachan, AP Soleimany, JS Dudani, Y Lin… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Ultrasmall gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) have emerged as agile probes for in vivo imaging, as
they exhibit exceptional tumour accumulation and efficient renal clearance properties …

Atomically precise clusters of noble metals: emerging link between atoms and nanoparticles

I Chakraborty, T Pradeep - Chemical reviews, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

Illuminating Platinum Transportation while Maximizing Therapeutic Efficacy by Gold Nanoclusters via Simultaneous Near-Infrared-I/II Imaging and Glutathione …

Y Yang, Y Yu, H Chen, X Meng, W Ma, M Yu, Z Li… - ACS …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Killing tumor cells with a visualized system is a promising strategy in tumor therapy to
achieve minimal side effects and high efficiency. Herein, a theranostic nanomedicine …

Atomic‐precision gold clusters for NIR‐II imaging

H Liu, G Hong, Z Luo, J Chen, J Chang… - Advanced …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Near‐infrared II (NIR‐II) imaging at 1100–1700 nm shows great promise for medical
diagnosis related to blood vessels because it possesses deep penetration and high …

Atomically precise colloidal metal nanoclusters and nanoparticles: fundamentals and opportunities

R **, C Zeng, M Zhou, Y Chen - Chemical reviews, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

Luminescent metal nanoclusters with aggregation-induced emission

N Goswami, Q Yao, Z Luo, J Li, T Chen… - The journal of physical …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Thiolate-protected metal nanoclusters (or thiolated metal NCs) have recently emerged as a
promising class of functional materials because of their well-defined molecular structures …

Au 25 (SR) 18: the captain of the great nanocluster ship

X Kang, H Chong, M Zhu - Nanoscale, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metal nanoclusters are in the intermediate state between discrete atoms and
plasmonic nanoparticles and are of significance due to their atomically accurate structures …

Correlations between the fundamentals and applications of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters: Recent advances in catalysis and biomedical applications

Z Liu, Z Wu, Q Yao, Y Cao, OJH Chai, J **e - Nano Today, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Ultrasmall metal nanoparticles (NPs) with a well-defined composition and structure, the so-
called metal nanoclusters (NCs, usually smaller than 3 nm in size), represent the forefront …