Surface strategies for catalytic CO 2 reduction: from two-dimensional materials to nanoclusters to single atoms

L Wang, W Chen, D Zhang, Y Du, R Amal… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Redox catalysis, including photocatalysis and (photo) electrocatalysis, may alleviate global
warming and energy crises by removing excess CO2 from the atmosphere and converting it …

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 …

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 …

Thiolate‐protected metal nanoclusters: recent development in synthesis, understanding of reaction, and application in energy and environmental field

T Kawawaki, A Ebina, Y Hosokawa, S Ozaki, D Suzuki… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (NCs), which are composed of about 250 or fewer metal atoms, possess
great potential as novel functional materials. Fundamental research on metal NCs gradually …

Electropolymerization of metal clusters establishing a versatile platform for enhanced catalysis performance

YM Wang, J Cai, QY Wang, Y Li, Z Han… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise metal clusters are attractive as highly efficient catalysts, but suffer from
continuous efficiency deactivation in the catalytic process. Here, we report the development …

Photo/electrocatalysis and photosensitization using metal nanoclusters for green energy and medical applications

T Kawawaki, Y Negishi, H Kawasaki - Nanoscale advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to the rapidly increasing demand for sustainable technologies in fields such as
energy, environmental science, and medicine, nanomaterial-based photo/electrocatalysis …

Mass spectrometry in materials synthesis

J Ghosh, RG Cooks - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Mass spectrometry (MS), a century-old analytical technique, is now emerging as a
preparative method. Electrospray deposition (ESD) of charged droplets generated by …

Core-Size Dependent Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters and Ultrasensitive Detection of Pb2+ Ion

D Bain, S Maity, B Paramanik… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) are new class of fluorescent nanomaterials with widespread
applications in energy, water and healthcare. Here, we report a green synthesis of Au NCs …

Direct versus ligand-exchange synthesis of [PtAg 28 (BDT) 12 (TPP) 4] 4− nanoclusters: effect of a single-atom dopant on the optoelectronic and chemical properties

MS Bootharaju, SM Kozlov, Z Cao, M Harb, MR Parida… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Heteroatom do** of atomically precise nanoclusters (NCs) often yields a mixture of doped
and undoped products of single-atom difference, whose separation is extremely difficult. To …

Precision nanoengineering for functional self-assemblies across length scales

Nonappa - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As nanotechnology continues to push the boundaries across disciplines, there is an
increasing need for engineering nanomaterials with atomic-level precision for self-assembly …