In this work, we developed a novel light-up nanocluster beacon (NCB) based on shuttling dark silver nanoclusters (NCs) to a bright scaffold through hybridization. The fluorescence enhancement was as high as 70-fold when the two templates were on the opposite sides of the duplexes, enabling sensitive and selective detection of DNA.

An active, recoverable, and recyclable nanocluster catalyst, Au25(SR)18(-), has been developed to catalyze the formation of α,β-unsaturated ketones or aldehydes from propargylic acetates. The catalytic process has been proposed to be initialized by an SN2' addition of OH(-). Moreover, a dramatic solvent effect was observed, for which a rational explanation was provided.

Two unprecedented tetrameric selenotungstates based on different Wells-Dawson-type fragments have been obtained: the {Sn7Se8W54} nanocluster exhibiting photocatalytic H2 evolution activity and the {Sn16Se11W56} chain, which are the first dimethyltin-functionalized selenotungstates reported and contain the unique {β-Se2W15} and {γ-Se2W14} building blocks, respectively.

Abstract The optoelectronic properties of several Ag 2 S/graphene and FeS /graphene nanostructures are examined through density functional theory calculations including dispersion forces. First, we analyzed the electronic structure S nanocluster models, as prototypes quantum dots, focusing on absorption spectra. In case nanoparticle, both ferro- antiferromagnetic arrangements were considered. T...

The early stages of nanocrystal nucleation and growth are still an active field of research and remain unrevealed. In this work, by the combination of aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electrochemical characterization of the electrodeposition of different metals, we provide a complete reformulation of the Volmer-Weber 3D island growth mechanism, which has always be...

Synthesis of molecular gold clusters through a post-synthetic scheme involving HCl-promoted nuclearity convergence was examined with various phosphine ligands. Systematic studies with a series of bis(diphenylphosphino) ligands (Ph(2)P-(CH(2))(m)-PPh(2)) using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and electronic absorption spectroscopy demonstrated that the use of dppp (m = 3), dppb...

Ultrafast synthesis of a robust Ag-nanocluster metal–organic framework composite with superior photocatalytic performances, even working under continuous flow in the removal emerging contaminants from water.