Structural chemistry of giant metal based supramolecules

AV Virovets, E Peresypkina, M Scheer - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The review presents a bird-eye view on the state of research in the field of giant
nonbiological discrete metal complexes and ions of nanometer size, which are structurally …

Silver nanoclusters: synthesis, structures and photoluminescence

YP **e, YL Shen, GX Duan, J Han… - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) consist of tens to hundreds of metal atoms with a diameter of< 2
nm, and have attracted significant attention due to their unique molecule-like properties …

Homoleptic Alkynyl‐Protected Ag15 Nanocluster with Atomic Precision: Structural Analysis and Electrocatalytic Performance toward CO2 Reduction

L Qin, F Sun, X Ma, G Ma, Y Tang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report the fabrication of homoleptic alkynyl‐protected Ag15 (C≡ C‐tBu) 12+(abbreviated
as Ag15) nanocluster and its electrocatalytic properties toward CO2 reduction reaction …

Chloride ligands on DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters

A Gonzàlez-Rosell, S Malola, R Guha… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters (AgN-DNAs) are known to have one or two DNA
oligomer ligands per nanocluster. Here, we present the first evidence that AgN-DNA species …

Small symmetry-breaking triggering large chiroptical responses of Ag70 nanoclusters

XM Luo, CH Gong, F Pan, Y Si, JW Yuan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The origins of the chiroptical activities of inorganic nanostructures have perplexed scientists,
and deracemization of high-nuclearity metal nanoclusters (NCs) remains challenging. Here …

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer in atomically precise metal nanoclusters by cocrystallization-induced spatial confinement

H Li, T Wang, J Han, Y Xu, X Kang, X Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) of metal nanoparticles at
the atomic level has long been a challenge due to the lack of accurate systems with definite …

An Ultrastable 155‐Nuclei Silver Nanocluster Protected by Thiacalix [4] arene and Cyclohexanethiol for Photothermal Conversion

Z Wang, F Alkan, CM Aikens, M Kurmoo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thiacalix [4] arenes have emerged as a family of macrocyclic ligands to protect metal
nanoparticles, but it remains a great challenge to solve the mystery of their structures at the …

Atomically precise gold nanoclusters at the molecular-to-metallic transition with intrinsic chirality from surface layers

LJ Liu, F Alkan, S Zhuang, D Liu, T Nawaz… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The advances in determining the total structure of atomically precise metal nanoclusters
have prompted extensive exploration into the origins of chirality in nanoscale systems. While …

Light-activated intercluster conversion of an atomically precise silver nanocluster

A Jana, M Jash, AK Poonia, G Paramasivam… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Noble metal nanoclusters protected with carboranes, a 12-vertex, nearly icosahedral boron–
carbon framework system, have received immense attention due to their different …

Intra-cluster growth meets inter-cluster assembly: The molecular and supramolecular chemistry of atomically precise nanoclusters

X Kang, M Zhu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The molecular and supramolecular chemistry of atomically precise nanoclusters
encompasses intra-cluster growth, inter-cluster assembly, and cluster-based host-guest …