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Metal Catalysts for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Single Atoms to Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles Open
Metal species with different size (single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles) show different catalytic behavior for various heterogeneous catalytic reactions. It has been shown in the literature that many factors including the particle…
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Bimetallic Sites for Catalysis: From Binuclear Metal Sites to Bimetallic Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles Open
Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic catalysts at the atomic and molecular level is very challenging d…
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Borophene Synthesis on Au(111) Open
Borophene (the first two-dimensional (2D) allotrope of boron) is emerging as a groundbreaking system for boron-based chemistry and, more broadly, the field of low-dimensional materials. Exploration of the phase space for growth is critical…
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Superlubricity of graphene nanoribbons on gold surfaces Open
A golden opportunity for graphene Reducing friction can limit wear and improve the energy efficiency of mechanical devices. Graphene is a promising lubricant because the friction between sheets is minuscule under certain circumstances. Kaw…
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Ligand effects in catalysis by atomically precise gold nanoclusters Open
Ligand effects are revealed by studying the comparing catalytic ability of isostructural gold nanoclusters with different protecting ligands.
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An Unconventional Iron Nickel Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Open
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key process that enables the storage of renewable energies in the form of chemical fuels. Here, we describe a catalyst that exhibits turnover frequencies higher than state-of-the-art catalysts that …
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Activation of Cu(111) surface by decomposition into nanoclusters driven by CO adsorption Open
Nanoclusters just by adding CO The most closely packed surfaces of transition metals are usually stable under vacuum, but during catalytic reactions, energetic changes that result from adsorbing molecules could change the surface structure…
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The Multifaceted Reactivity of Single‐Atom Heterogeneous Catalysts Open
Single‐atom heterogeneous catalysts (SACs) attached to carefully chosen hosts are attracting considerable interest; principally because they offer maximum utilization per metal atom and are usually readily recyclable. However, diminution o…
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Functionalization of metal nanoclusters for biomedical applications Open
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are emerging as a new class of functional nanomaterials in the area of biological sensing, labelling, imaging and therapy due to their unique physical and chemical properties, such as ultrasmall size, HOMO–LUMO tra…
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Molybdenum-based nanoclusters act as antioxidants and ameliorate acute kidney injury in mice Open
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related renal disease that causes numerous deaths annually, yet only supportive treatment is currently available in the clinics. Development of antioxidants with high accu…
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Determination of the Evolution of Heterogeneous Single Metal Atoms and Nanoclusters under Reaction Conditions: Which Are the Working Catalytic Sites? Open
Identification of active sites in heterogeneous metal catalysts is critical for understanding the reaction mechanism at the molecular level and for designing more efficient catalysts. Because of their structural flexibility, subnanometric …
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Robust, Highly Luminescent Au<sub>13</sub> Superatoms Protected by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Open
Gold superatom nanoclusters stabilized entirely by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and halides are reported. The reduction of well-defined NHC-Au-Cl complexes produces clusters comprised of an icosahedral Au13 core surrounded by a symmetric…
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Structurally Precise Dichalcogenolate-Protected Copper and Silver Superatomic Nanoclusters and Their Alloys Open
The chalcogenolato silver and copper superatoms are currently a topic of cutting edge research besides the extensively studied Au n(SR) m clusters. Crystal structure analysis is an indispensable tool to gain deep insights into the anatomy …
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Machine learning hydrogen adsorption on nanoclusters through structural descriptors Open
Catalytic activity of the hydrogen evolution reaction on nanoclusters depends on diverse adsorption site structures. Machine learning reduces the cost for modelling those sites with the aid of descriptors. We analysed the performance of st…
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Origin of the Photoluminescence of Metal Nanoclusters: From Metal-Centered Emission to Ligand-Centered Emission Open
Recently, metal nanoclusters (MNCs) emerged as a new class of luminescent materials and have attracted tremendous interest in the area of luminescence-related applications due to their excellent luminous properties (good photostability, la…
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Luminescent metal nanoclusters: Biosensing strategies and bioimaging applications Open
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) are ultrasmall metal‐organic aggregates, composed of a metal core less than 2 nm and a protecting shell of metal‐organic ligand motifs. The controlled aggregation of metal atoms (in the cluster core) and metal‐org…
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Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters for Selective Detection of Dopamine in Cerebrospinal fluid Open
Since the last two decades, protein conjugated fluorescent gold nanoclusters (NCs) owe much attention in the field of medical and nanobiotechnology due to their excellent photo stability characteristics. In this paper, we reported stable, …
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Functional role of T-cell receptor nanoclusters in signal initiation and antigen discrimination Open
Significance T-cell activation requires the translation of antigen binding to the T-cell receptor (TCR) into intracellular signaling. However, how antigen recognition and signal transduction are mechanistically linked is poorly understood.…
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Copper nanoclusters: designed synthesis, structural diversity, and multiplatform applications Open
Small copper nanoclusters (CuNCs) with atomic precisions and fascinating molecular-like properties have been discovered during last few decades. They have been widely applied for catalytic, biomedical, sensing, and optoelectronic applicati…
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Thermally Stable Single‐Atom Heterogeneous Catalysts Open
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive attention in fields related to energy, environment, and material sciences because of the high atom efficiency and the unique properties of these materials. Many approaches have hitherto…
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Palladium Nanoparticles in Polyols: Synthesis, Catalytic Couplings, and Hydrogenations Open
Alcohols, in particular polyols, are well-known for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, often acting as reducing agents, solvents, and stabilizers. Given not only their structural flexibility depending on the number of OH functions and t…
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High-performance room-temperature sodium–sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion Open
Developing novel gold nanoclusters as an electrocatalyst can facilitate a completely reversible reaction between S and Na, achieving advanced high-energy-density room-temperature sodium–sulfur batteries.
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Crystallization-induced emission enhancement: A novel fluorescent Au-Ag bimetallic nanocluster with precise atomic structure Open
Crystallization-induced emission enhancement was achieved in metal nanoclusters for the first time.
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Potential of Casein as a Carrier for Biologically Active Agents Open
Casein is the collective name for a family of milk proteins. In bovine milk, casein comprises four peptides: αS1, αS2, β, and κ, differing in their amino acid, phosphorus and carbohydrate content but similar in their amphiphilic character.…
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High-throughput, combinatorial synthesis of multimetallic nanoclusters Open
Significance Multielement nanomaterials hold great promise for various applications due to their widely tunable surface chemistry, yet it remains challenging to efficiently study this multidimensional space. Conventional approaches are typ…
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Propane Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Isolated Pt Atoms in ≡SiOZn–OH Nests in Dealuminated Zeolite Beta Open
Atomically dispersed noble metal catalysts have drawn wide attention as candidates to replace supported metal clusters and metal nanoparticles. Atomic dispersion can offer unique chemical properties as well as maximum utilization of the ex…
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A Mono-cuboctahedral Series of Gold Nanoclusters: Photoluminescence Origin, Large Enhancement, Wide Tunability, and Structure–Property Correlation Open
The origin of the near-infrared photoluminescence (PL) from thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters (Au NCs, <2 nm) has long been controversial, and the exact mechanism for the enhancement of quantum yield (QY) in many works remains elusive. …
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Highly Active Ceria-Supported Ru Catalyst for the Dry Reforming of Methane: In Situ Identification of Ru<sup>δ+</sup>–Ce<sup>3+</sup> Interactions for Enhanced Conversion Open
The metal-oxide interaction changes the surface electronic states of catalysts deployed for chemical conversion, yet details of its influence on the catalytic performance under reaction conditions remain obscure. In this work, we report th…
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DNA Templated Metal Nanoclusters: From Emergent Properties to Unique Applications Open
Metal nanoclusters containing a few to several hundred atoms with sizes ranging from sub-nanometer to ∼2 nm occupy an intermediate size regime that bridges larger plasmonic nanoparticles and smaller metal complexes. With strong quantum con…
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Atomic-precision Pt6 nanoclusters for enhanced hydrogen electro-oxidation Open
The discord between the insufficient abundance and the excellent electrocatalytic activity of Pt urgently requires its atomic-level engineering for minimal Pt dosage yet maximized electrocatalytic performance. Here we report the design of …