An atomically precise Ag18Cu8nanocluster with rich alkynyl–metal coordination structures and unique SbF6−assembling modes

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Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 2316
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by atomically precise alkynyl-protected Au7Ag8, Ag9Cu6, and Au2Ag8Cu5 nanoclusters: probing the effect of multi-metal core on selectivity

Xiaoshuang Ma, Fang Sun, Lubing Qin, Yonggang Liu, Xiongwu Kang, Likai Wang, De-en Jiang, Qing Tang and Zhenghua Tang

Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 10149
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An alkynyl-protected Ag13−xCu6+x nanocluster for catalytic hydrogenation

Yan-Li Gao, Xueli Sun, Xiongkai Tang, Zhenlang Xie, Guolong Tian, Zi-Ang Nan, Huayan Yang and Hui Shen

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 52
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A bimetallic Ag15Cu12(S-c-C6H11)18(CH3COO)3 nanocluster featuring an irregular Ag12 kernel

Zhenzhen Lin, Ting Zhang, Cao Fang, Shan Jin, Chang Xu, Daqiao Hu and Manzhou Zhu

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 971
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An Au5Ag12(SR)9(dppf)4 alloy nanocluster: structural determination and optical property and photothermal conversion investigation

Jiawei Wang, Along Ma, Yonggang Ren, Xuekairui Shen, Yifei Wang, Caixia Song and Shuxin Wang

Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 9047
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An atomically precise alloy AgCu cuboid nanocluster with a cubic core: gram scale synthesis, total structure, electronic structure, and catalytic performance

Abhijit Nag, Abdul Mannan Butt, Moon Young Yang, Praveen B. Managutti, Bilal Masood Pirzada, M. Infas H. Mohideen, Ahmed L. Abdelhady, Mohamed Abu Haija, Sharmarke Mohamed, Boris V. Merinov, William A. GoddardIII and Ahsanulhaq Qurashi

Mater. Horiz., 2025, 12, 5252
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Synergistic effects of atomically precise Au-based bimetallic nanocluster on energy-related small molecule catalysis

Yuanxin Du, Yi Fang, Pei Wang and Manzhou Zhu

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 10642
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All-alkynyl-protected coinage metal nanoclusters: from synthesis to electrocatalytic CO2reduction applications

Leyi Chen, Lei Wang, Quanli Shen, Yonggang Liu and Zhenghua Tang

Mater. Chem. Front., 2023, 7, 1482
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DppfCuBH4: new reducing agents for the synthesis of ferrocene-functionalized metal nanoclusters

Meng Wang, Simin Li, Huijun Chen, Xueli Sun, Jing Sun, Yanyuan Jia, Shuo Guo, Cunfa Sun and Hui Shen

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 10332
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Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters

Xi-Ming Luo, Ya-Ke Li, Xi-Yan Dong and Shuang-Quan Zang

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 383
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Atomically precise metal nanoclusters as catalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

Tokuhisa Kawawaki, Tomoshige Okada, Daisuke Hirayama and Yuichi Negishi

Green Chem., 2024, 26, 122
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H-bond-induced luminescence enhancement in a Pt1Ag30nanocluster and its application in methanol detection

Silan Wang, Qinzhen Li, Sha Yang, Haizhu Yu, Jinsong Chai and Manzhou Zhu

Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 16647
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Assembly of silver(i)–copper(i) bimetallic thiolate complexes assisted by phenylacetylene stabilizers

Jun-Ling Jin, Sheng-Fa Zhang, Jun-Jie Fang, Yang-Lin Shen, Yun-Peng Xie and Xing Lu

Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 1270
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A Homoleptic Alkynyl‐Protected Au(I)9‐Ag(I)9 Cluster: Structure Analysis, Optical Properties, and Catalytic Implications

Guanyu Ma, Yun Tang, Leyi Chen, Lubing Qin, Quanli Shen, Likai Wang and Zhenghua Tang

Eur J Inorg Chem, 2022, 2022
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Atomically precise alkynyl-protected Ag20Cu12 nanocluster: Structure analysis and electrocatalytic performance toward nitrate reduction for NH3 synthesis

Guanyu Ma, Fang Sun, Liang Qiao, Quanli Shen, Lei Wang, Qing Tang and Zhenghua Tang

Nano Res., 2023, 16, 10867
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Alkynyl‐Protected Chiral Bimetallic Ag22Cu7 Superatom with Multiple Chirality Origins

Guocheng Deng, Kangjae Lee, Hongwen Deng, Sami Malola, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Hannu Häkkinen, Nanfeng Zheng and Taeghwan Hyeon

Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135
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Metal ion-induced alloying and size transformation of water-soluble metal nanoclusters

Shuyu Qian, Fengyu Liu, Haiguang Zhu, Yong Liu, Ting Feng, Xinyue Dou and Xun Yuan

Polyoxometalates, 2023, 2, 9140049
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Construction of Atomic-Scale Compressive Strain for Oxime Electrosynthesis

Lubing Qin, Yuping Chen, Ziyi Liu, Mengyao Chen, Qing Tang and Zhenghua Tang

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 18003
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Sandwich‐Kernelled AgCu Nanoclusters with Golden Ratio Geometry and Promising Photothermal Efficiency

Liang Fang, Wentao Fan, Guoqing Bian, Runguo Wang, Qing You, Wanmiao Gu, Nan Xia, Lingwen Liao, Jin Li, Haiteng Deng, Nan Yan and Zhikun Wu

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2023, 62
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Alkynyl‐Protected Bimetallic Nanoclusters with a Hybrid Mackay Icosahedral Ag42Cu12Cl Kernel and an Octahedral Ag22Cu12 Kernel

Feng Hu, Zong‐Jie Guan, Shang‐Fu Yuan and Quan‐Ming Wang

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2023, 18
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Nanomechanical Investigations of Crystals of Copper Nanocluster Isomorphs: Enhanced Hardness of the Low-Density Analogue

Amoghavarsha Ramachandra Kini, Sanghamitra Debta, Arijit Jana, C. Aparna, Vivek Yadav, Nataliia Kusiak, Tomas Base, Umesh V. Waghmare, Pijush Ghosh and Thalappil Pradeep

Chem. Mater., 2025, 37, 1284
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Homoleptic Alkynyl-Protected [Ag8Cu7(tBuC≡C)12]+ Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Structure and Ligand Exchange Induced Transformation

Yang-Lin Shen, Dan Liu and Xiu Li

J Clust Sci, 2024, 35, 1959
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Hydride-doped Ag17Cu10 nanoclusters as high-performance electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction

Xueli Sun, Peng Wang, Xiaodan Yan, Huifang Guo, Lin Wang, Qinghua Xu, Bingzheng Yan, Simin Li, Jinlu He, Guangxu Chen, Hui Shen and Nanfeng Zheng

iScience, 2023, 26, 107850
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Ag6Cu8(C=CAr)14(DPPB)2: A Rigid Ligand Co‐Protected Bimetallic Silver(I)‐Copper(I) Cluster with Room‐Temperature Luminescence

Jun‐Ling Jin, Sheng‐Fa Zhang, Pei Zhao, Yang‐Lin Shen, Jun‐Jie Fang, Zheng Liu, Masahiro Ehara, Li‐Wei Mi, Yun‐Peng Xie and Xing Lu

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2023, 18
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The Doping Effects on the NIR Emission Enhancement of Gold Nanoclusters and the Application in Efficient NIR‐OLED

Wen‐Wen Jia, Yu Dai, Lin‐Lin Zeng, Zhen‐Chao Long, Wan‐Qi Shi, Meng Zhou, Juan Qiao and Quan‐Ming Wang

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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Solvent-induced silver nanoclusters/BODIPY derivative assembly: Self-sorting and multi-structures enhanced circularly polarized luminescence properties

Xin Li, Longyue Yu, Shulin Li, Mengdi Sun, Na Zhang, Xiaoli Ji and Xia Xin

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2026, 728, 138616
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Quasi-Isomeric Anion-Templated Silver Nanoclusters: Effect of Bulkiness on Luminescence

Sayani Mukherjee, Priyanka Chandrashekar, Irin Elizabeth Aby, Sneha Mittal, Anish Varghese, Biswarup Pathak and Sukhendu Mandal

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2023, 14, 8548
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Partial Phosphorization: A Strategy to Improve Some Performance(s) of Thiolated Metal Nanoclusters Without Notable Reduction of Stability

Zongbing He, Ying Yang, Jiafeng Zou, Qing You, Lei Feng, Man‐Bo Li and Zhikun Wu

Chemistry A European J, 2022, 28
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Supramolecularly Dimeric Assemble of Planar Cu13 Clusters Controlled by the Length of Spacers of Diphosphine

Yun Hu, Qian Zhang, Jie Zhou, Shan Guo, Jia Xu, Hao Zheng and Yang Yang

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 21091
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Transforming Silver Nanoclusters from Racemic to Homochiral via Seeded Crystallization

Along Ma, Wenjun Du, Jiawei Wang, Kefan Jiang, Cheng Zhang, Wenhan Sheng, Haiyan Zheng, Rongchao Jin and Shuxin Wang

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2023, 14, 5095
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Anomalous Structural Transformation of Cu(I) Clusters into Multifunctional CuAg Nanoclusters

Yuqing Yao, Wei Hao, Jin Tang, Kristin Kirschbaum, Christopher G. Gianopoulos, An Ren, Liang Ma, Letian Zheng, Hanying Li and Qi Li

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2024, 63
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Alkynyl‐Protected Chiral Bimetallic Ag22Cu7 Superatom with Multiple Chirality Origins

Guocheng Deng, Kangjae Lee, Hongwen Deng, Sami Malola, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Hannu Häkkinen, Nanfeng Zheng and Taeghwan Hyeon

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2023, 62
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Research Progress of Ag-Cu Bimetallic Nanocluster

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Icosahedral carboranes-based metal nanoclusters: From fascinating structures to polychrome properties and applications

Hao-Hui Xie, Liu-Jie Zhou, Peng-Fei Cui and Wen-Chao Zhang

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Sandwich‐Kernelled AgCu Nanoclusters with Golden Ratio Geometry and Promising Photothermal Efficiency

Liang Fang, Wentao Fan, Guoqing Bian, Runguo Wang, Qing You, Wanmiao Gu, Nan Xia, Lingwen Liao, Jin Li, Haiteng Deng, Nan Yan and Zhikun Wu

Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135
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Body-Centered-Cubic-Kernelled Ag15Cu6 Nanocluster with Alkynyl Protection: Synthesis, Total Structure, and CO2 Electroreduction

Guocheng Deng, Jimin Kim, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Fang Sun, Kangjae Lee, Qing Tang, Yun Jeong Hwang and Taeghwan Hyeon

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 3401
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The Doping Effects on the NIR Emission Enhancement of Gold Nanoclusters and the Application in Efficient NIR‐OLED

Wen‐Wen Jia, Yu Dai, Lin‐Lin Zeng, Zhen‐Chao Long, Wan‐Qi Shi, Meng Zhou, Juan Qiao and Quan‐Ming Wang

Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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Ferrocene‐Functionalized Atomically Precise Metal Clusters Exhibit Synergistically Enhanced Performance for CO2 Electroreduction

Guocheng Deng, Hyewon Yun, Yuping Chen, Seungwoo Yoo, Kangjae Lee, Junghwan Jang, Xiaolin Liu, Chan Woo Lee, Qing Tang, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Yun Jeong Hwang and Taeghwan Hyeon

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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Insight into the Role of Copper in the Transformation of a [Ag25(2,5-DMBT)16(DPPF)3]+ Nanocluster: Doping or Oxidation

Silan Wang, Yesen Tan, Tianrong Li, Qi Zhou, Peng Li, Sha Yang, Haizhu Yu and Manzhou Zhu

Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 18450
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Anomalous Structural Transformation of Cu(I) Clusters into Multifunctional CuAg Nanoclusters

Yuqing Yao, Wei Hao, Jin Tang, Kristin Kirschbaum, Christopher G. Gianopoulos, An Ren, Liang Ma, Letian Zheng, Hanying Li and Qi Li

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
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Bulky Ligands Induce Rich Uncoordinated Sites for Boosting Metal Nanocluster Catalysis

Huifang Guo, Yuping Chen, Ying-Zi Han, Qingyuan Wu, Lin Wang, Qinghua Xu, Rong Huo, Xuekun Gong, Jing Sun, Qing Tang and Hui Shen

Chem. Mater., 2024, 36, 7243
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Ferrocene‐Functionalized Atomically Precise Metal Clusters Exhibit Synergistically Enhanced Performance for CO2 Electroreduction

Guocheng Deng, Hyewon Yun, Yuping Chen, Seungwoo Yoo, Kangjae Lee, Junghwan Jang, Xiaolin Liu, Chan Woo Lee, Qing Tang, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Yun Jeong Hwang and Taeghwan Hyeon

Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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A Review of CO2 Reduction Reaction Catalyzed by Atomical-Level Ag Nanomaterials: Atom-Precise Nanoclusters and Atomically Dispersed Catalysts

Guanyu Ma, Lubing Qin, Yonggang Liu, Hao Fan, Liang Qiao, Changlin Yu and Zhenghua Tang

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023, 36, 102555
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Long-Pursued Structure of Au23(S-Adm)16 and the Unexpected Doping Effects

Lei Feng, Ze-Min Zhu, Ying Yang, Zongbin He, Jiafeng Zou, Man-Bo Li, Yan Zhao and Zhikun Wu

Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 2024, 40, 2305029
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Conjugate-dual clusters

Silei Wang, Jing Tian, Jiayu Li, Tian Gong, Xing Yan, Jijun Zhao, Xin-Gao Gong and Xiao Gu

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2025, 163
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