Recent developments in the investigation of driving forces for transforming coinage metal nanoclusters

X Zou, X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters serve as an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. The
transformation of metal nanoclusters has been fully reflected in their studies from every …

Polydopamine at biological interfaces

ML Alfieri, T Weil, DYW Ng, V Ball - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last years coating of surfaces in the presence of dopamine or other catecholamines in
oxidative conditions to yield “polydopamine” films has become a popular, easy and versatile …

Ultrasmall coinage metal nanoclusters as promising theranostic probes for biomedical applications

G Yang, Z Wang, F Du, F Jiang, X Yuan… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultrasmall coinage metal nanoclusters (NCs,< 3 nm) have emerged as a novel class of
theranostic probes due to their atomically precise size and engineered physicochemical …

Engineering luminescent metal nanoclusters for sensing applications

S Qian, Z Wang, Z Zuo, X Wang, Q Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) have ultrasmall size (≤ 3 nm), precise molecular structure,
strong luminescence, size-sensitive physicochemical properties, engineerable metallic …

Ligand effect on switching the rate-determining step of water oxidation in atomically precise metal nanoclusters

Z Liu, H Tan, B Li, Z Hu, D Jiang, Q Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The ligand effects of atomically precise metal nanoclusters on electrocatalysis kinetics have
been rarely revealed. Herein, we employ atomically precise Au25 nanoclusters with different …

Progress and prospects in the design of functional atomically-precise Ag (I)-thiolate nanoclusters and their assembly approaches

S Biswas, S Das, Y Negishi - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Atomically-precise noble metal nanoclusters have raised nanomaterials research to new
heights by merit of their distinct structural, optical and electronic properties, which can be …

Nanocluster Transformation Induced by SbF6 Anions toward Boosting Photochemical Activities

X Wei, K Chu, JR Adsetts, H Li, X Kang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The interactions between SbF6–and metal nanoclusters are of significance for customizing
clusters from both structure and property aspects; however, the whole-segment monitoring of …

Amorphous copper‐based nanoparticles with clusterization‐triggered phosphorescence for ultrasensing 2, 4, 6‐trinitrotoluene

Z Dai, G Wang, F **ao, D Lei, X Dou - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Amorphous metal‐based nanostructures have attracted great attention recently due to their
facilitative electron transfer and abundant reactive sites, whereas it remains enigmatic as to …

Active-Site Tailoring of Gold Cluster Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Y Sun, X Liu, K **ao, Y Zhu, M Chen - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Constructing the structure and composition of active sites of catalysts to discriminate
between reaction molecules remains a grand challenge in heterogeneous catalysis, as the …

[Cu36H10(PET)24(PPh3)6Cl2] Reveals Surface Vacancy Defects in Ligand-Stabilized Metal Nanoclusters

C Dong, RW Huang, C Chen, J Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Precise identification and in-depth understanding of defects in nanomaterials can aid in
rationally modulating defect-induced functionalities. However, few studies have explored …