Functional Nanometer-Sized Clusters of Transition Metals

Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Wei Chen, Shaowei Chen

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781782628514
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Chemistry

Metal nanoclusters, which bridge metal atoms and nanocrystals, are gaining attention due to their unique chemical and physical properties which differ greatly from their corresponding large nanoparticles and molecular compounds. Their electronic and optical properties are of particular interest for their use in sensing, optoelectronics, photovoltaics and catalysis.

The book highlights recent progress and challenges in size-controlled synthesis, size-dependent properties, characterization and applications of metal nanoclusters. Specific topics include organochalcogenolate-stabilized metal nanoparticles, water-soluble fluorescent silver nanoclusters, thiolate-protected Au and Ag nanoclusters, DNA-templated metal nanoclusters, fluorescent platinum nanoclusters and janus nanoparticles by interfacial engineering.

Edited by active researchers in the area, the book provides a valuable reference for researchers in the area of functional nanomaterials. It also provides a guide for graduate students, academic and industrial researchers interested in the fundamentals of the materials or their applications.

Table of contents

• Functional Nanometer-Sized Clusters of Transition Metals
• Contents
• Chapter 1 Mechanistic Insights into the Brust–Schiffrin Synthesis of Organochalcogenolate- Stabilized Metal Nanoparticles
• Chapter 2 New Strategies and Synthetic Routes to Synthesize Fluorescent Atomic Quantum Clusters
• Chapter 3 Silver Magic-Number Clusters and Their Properties
• Chapter 4 Synthesis and Applications of Water-Soluble Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters
• Chapter 5 Synthesis and Applications of Silver Nanoclusters Protected by Polymers, Protein, Peptide and Short Molecules
• Chapter 6 Novel Synthetic Strategies for Thiolate-Protected Au and Ag Nanoclusters: Towards Atomic Precision and Strong Luminescence
• Chapter 7 Noble Metal Clusters in Protein Templates
• Chapter 8 Metal(0) Clusters in Catalysis
• Chapter 9 Metal Nanoclusters: Size-Controlled Synthesis and Size-Dependent Catalytic Activity
• Chapter 10 Metal Clusters in Catalysis
• Chapter 11 In Silico Studies of Functional Transition Metal Nanoclusters
• Chapter 12 DNA-Templated Metal Nanoclusters and Their Applications
• Chapter 13 Synthesis of Fluorescent Platinum Nanoclusters for Biomedical Imaging
• Chapter 14 Janus Nanoparticles by Interfacial Engineering
• Subject Index