21. Pyo K, Thanthirige VD, Kwak K, Pandurangan P, Ramakrishna G, Lee D (2015) Ultrabright
luminescence from gold nanoclusters: rigidifying the Au(I)–thiolate shell. J Am Chem Soc
137:8244–8250
22. Jin R, Nobusada K (2014) Doping and alloying in atomically precise gold nanoparticles.
Nano Res 7:285–300
23. Kreibig U, Vollmer M (1995) Optical properties of metal clusters. Springer Verlag, Berlin
24. Bonačić-Koutecky V, Veyret V, Mitrić R (2001) Ab initio study of the absorption spectra of
Agn (n = 5–8) clusters. J Chem Phys 115:10450–10460
25. Harbich W, Fedrigo S, Meyer F, Lindsay DM, Lignieres J, Rivoal JC, Kreisle D (1990)
Deposition of mass selected silver clusters in rare gas matrices. J Chem Phys 93:8535–8543
26. Harbich W, Fedrigo S, Buttet J, Lindsay DM (1991) Optical spectroscopy on size selected
gold clusters deposited in rare gas matrices. Zeitschrift für Physik D 19:157–159
27. Harbich W, Fedrigo S, Buttet J (1992) The optical-absorption spectra of small silver clusters
(N = 5–11) embedded in argon matrices. Chem Phys Lett 195:613–617
28. Fedrigo S, Harbich W, Buttet J (1993) Collective dipole oscillations in small silver clusters
embedded in rare-gas matrices. Phys Rev B 47:10706–10715
29. Zheng J, Dickson RM (2002) Individual water-soluble dendrimer-encapsulated silver nanodot
fluorescence. J Am Chem Soc 124:13982–13983
30. Richards CI, Choi S, Hsiang J-C, Antoku Y, Vosch T, Bongiorno A, Tzeng Y-L, Dickson RM
(2008) Oligonucleotide-stabilized Ag nanocluster fluorophores. J Am Chem Soc 130:5038–
5039
31. Wu ZK, Jin RC (2010) On the ligand’s role in the fluorescence of gold nanoclusters. Nano
Lett 10:2568–2573
32. Diez I, Ras RHA (2011) Fluorescent silver nanoclusters. Nanoscale 3:1963–1970
33. Jin R (2010) Quantum sized, thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters. Nanoscale 2:343–362
34. Brust M, Walker M, Bethell D, Schiffrin DJ, Whyman R (1994) Synthesis of thiol-derivatised
gold nanoparticles in a two-phase liquid-liquid system. J Chem Soc, Chem Commun: 801–802
35. Udayabhaskararao T, Pradeep T (2013) New protocols for the synthesis of stable Ag and Au
nanocluster molecules. J Phys Chem Lett 4:1553–1564
36. Kumar S, Bolan MD, Bigioni TP (2010) Glutathione-stabilized magic-number silver cluster
compounds. J Am Chem Soc 132:13141–13143
37. Schaaff TG, Knight G, Shafigullin MN, Borkman RF, Whetten RL (1998) Isolation and
selected properties of a 10.4 kDa Gold: Glutathione cluster compound. J Phys Chem B
102:10643–10646
38. Negishi Y, Takasugi Y, Sato S, Yao H, Kimura K, Tsukuda T (2004) Magic-numbered Au-n
clusters protected by glutathione monolayers (n = 18, 21, 25, 28, 32, 39): Isolation and
spectroscopic characterization. J Am Chem Soc 126:6518–6519
39. Negishi Y, Nobusada K, Tsukuda T (2005) Glutathione-protected gold clusters revisited:
Bridging the gap between gold(I)-thiolate complexes and thiolate-protected gold nanocrystals.
J Am Chem Soc 127:5261–5270
40. Zheng K, Yuan X, Goswami N, Zhang Q, Xie J (2014) Recent advances in the synthesis,
characterization, and biomedical applications of ultrasmall thiolated silver nanoclusters. RSC
Adv 4:60581–60596
41. Zeng C, Chen Y, Das A, Jin R (2015) Transformation chemistry of gold nanoclusters: from
one stable size to another. J Phys Chem Lett 6:2976–2986
42. Yu Y, Chen X, Yao Q, Yu Y, Yan N, Xie J (2013) Scalable and precise synthesis of thiolated
Au 10–12 , Au 15 , Au 18 , and Au 25 nanoclusters via pH controlled CO reduction. Chem Mater
25:946–952
43. Jin R (2015) Atomically precise metal nanoclusters: stable sizes and optical properties.
Nanoscale 7:1549–1565
44. Zhu M, Aikens CM, Hollander FJ, Schatz GC, Jin R (2008) Correlating the crystal structure
of a thiol-protected Au 25 cluster and optical properties. J Am Chem Soc 130:5883–5885
45. Qian H, Eckenhoff WT, Zhu Y, Pintauer T, Jin R (2010) Total structure determination of
thiolate-protected Au-38 nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 132:8280–8281
158
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luminescence from gold nanoclusters: rigidifying the Au(I)–thiolate shell. J Am Chem Soc
137:8244–8250
22. Jin R, Nobusada K (2014) Doping and alloying in atomically precise gold nanoparticles.
Nano Res 7:285–300
23. Kreibig U, Vollmer M (1995) Optical properties of metal clusters. Springer Verlag, Berlin
24. Bonačić-Koutecky V, Veyret V, Mitrić R (2001) Ab initio study of the absorption spectra of
Agn (n = 5–8) clusters. J Chem Phys 115:10450–10460
25. Harbich W, Fedrigo S, Meyer F, Lindsay DM, Lignieres J, Rivoal JC, Kreisle D (1990)
Deposition of mass selected silver clusters in rare gas matrices. J Chem Phys 93:8535–8543
26. Harbich W, Fedrigo S, Buttet J, Lindsay DM (1991) Optical spectroscopy on size selected
gold clusters deposited in rare gas matrices. Zeitschrift für Physik D 19:157–159
27. Harbich W, Fedrigo S, Buttet J (1992) The optical-absorption spectra of small silver clusters
(N = 5–11) embedded in argon matrices. Chem Phys Lett 195:613–617
28. Fedrigo S, Harbich W, Buttet J (1993) Collective dipole oscillations in small silver clusters
embedded in rare-gas matrices. Phys Rev B 47:10706–10715
29. Zheng J, Dickson RM (2002) Individual water-soluble dendrimer-encapsulated silver nanodot
fluorescence. J Am Chem Soc 124:13982–13983
30. Richards CI, Choi S, Hsiang J-C, Antoku Y, Vosch T, Bongiorno A, Tzeng Y-L, Dickson RM
(2008) Oligonucleotide-stabilized Ag nanocluster fluorophores. J Am Chem Soc 130:5038–
5039
31. Wu ZK, Jin RC (2010) On the ligand’s role in the fluorescence of gold nanoclusters. Nano
Lett 10:2568–2573
32. Diez I, Ras RHA (2011) Fluorescent silver nanoclusters. Nanoscale 3:1963–1970
33. Jin R (2010) Quantum sized, thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters. Nanoscale 2:343–362
34. Brust M, Walker M, Bethell D, Schiffrin DJ, Whyman R (1994) Synthesis of thiol-derivatised
gold nanoparticles in a two-phase liquid-liquid system. J Chem Soc, Chem Commun: 801–802
35. Udayabhaskararao T, Pradeep T (2013) New protocols for the synthesis of stable Ag and Au
nanocluster molecules. J Phys Chem Lett 4:1553–1564
36. Kumar S, Bolan MD, Bigioni TP (2010) Glutathione-stabilized magic-number silver cluster
compounds. J Am Chem Soc 132:13141–13143
37. Schaaff TG, Knight G, Shafigullin MN, Borkman RF, Whetten RL (1998) Isolation and
selected properties of a 10.4 kDa Gold: Glutathione cluster compound. J Phys Chem B
102:10643–10646
38. Negishi Y, Takasugi Y, Sato S, Yao H, Kimura K, Tsukuda T (2004) Magic-numbered Au-n
clusters protected by glutathione monolayers (n = 18, 21, 25, 28, 32, 39): Isolation and
spectroscopic characterization. J Am Chem Soc 126:6518–6519
39. Negishi Y, Nobusada K, Tsukuda T (2005) Glutathione-protected gold clusters revisited:
Bridging the gap between gold(I)-thiolate complexes and thiolate-protected gold nanocrystals.
J Am Chem Soc 127:5261–5270
40. Zheng K, Yuan X, Goswami N, Zhang Q, Xie J (2014) Recent advances in the synthesis,
characterization, and biomedical applications of ultrasmall thiolated silver nanoclusters. RSC
Adv 4:60581–60596
41. Zeng C, Chen Y, Das A, Jin R (2015) Transformation chemistry of gold nanoclusters: from
one stable size to another. J Phys Chem Lett 6:2976–2986
42. Yu Y, Chen X, Yao Q, Yu Y, Yan N, Xie J (2013) Scalable and precise synthesis of thiolated
Au 10–12 , Au 15 , Au 18 , and Au 25 nanoclusters via pH controlled CO reduction. Chem Mater
25:946–952
43. Jin R (2015) Atomically precise metal nanoclusters: stable sizes and optical properties.
Nanoscale 7:1549–1565
44. Zhu M, Aikens CM, Hollander FJ, Schatz GC, Jin R (2008) Correlating the crystal structure
of a thiol-protected Au 25 cluster and optical properties. J Am Chem Soc 130:5883–5885
45. Qian H, Eckenhoff WT, Zhu Y, Pintauer T, Jin R (2010) Total structure determination of
thiolate-protected Au-38 nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 132:8280–8281
158
R. Antoine