Chemical flexibility of atomically precise metal clusters

S Li, NN Li, XY Dong, SQ Zang, TCW Mak - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ligand-protected metal clusters possess hybrid properties that seamlessly combine an
inorganic core with an organic ligand shell, imparting them exceptional chemical flexibility …

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 …

Suppression of kernel vibrations by layer-by-layer ligand engineering boosts photoluminescence efficiency of gold nanoclusters

Y Zhong, J Zhang, T Li, W Xu, Q Yao, M Lu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The restriction of structural vibration has assumed great importance in attaining bright
emission of luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs), where tremendous efforts are devoted to …

Visible to NIR‐II Photoluminescence of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters

Z Liu, L Luo, R ** - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new class of precision
materials and attracted wide interest in recent years. One of the unique properties of such …

Elucidating the Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Mechanism of Homometal and Doped M25(SR)18 Nanoclusters

Z Liu, M Zhou, L Luo, Y Wang, E Kahng… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
More than a decade of research on the photoluminescence (PL) of classic Au25 (SR) 18 and
its doped nanoclusters (NCs) still leaves many fundamental questions unanswered due to …

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 …

Do**‐Mediated Energy‐Level Engineering of M@Au12 Superatoms (M=Pd, Pt, Rh, Ir) for Efficient Photoluminescence and Photocatalysis

H Hirai, S Takano, T Nakashima… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesized a series of MAu12 (dppe) 5Cl2 (MAu12; M= Au, Pd, Pt, Rh, or Ir; dppe= 1, 2‐
bis (diphenylphosphino) ethane), which have icosahedral M@ Au12 superatomic cores, and …

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 …

A review of state of the art in phosphine ligated gold clusters and application in catalysis

RH Adnan, JML Madridejos, AS Alotabi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold clusters are highly desirable due to their well‐defined structure
which allows the study of structure–property relationships. In addition, they have potential in …

Catalytic Conversion of CO2 over Atomically Precise Gold-Based Cluster Catalysts

X Cai, G Li, W Hu, Y Zhu - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
There are obstacles with using conventional nanoparticle catalysts for develo** atomic-by-
atom tailoring of active sites in the heterogeneous catalysis field. However, atomically …