Open AccessPreface for Special Topic: Few-atom metal nanoclusters and their biological applications
Author(s) -
Jennifer S. Martinez,
Jianping Xie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
apl materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 2166-532X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4984612
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , materials science , atom (system on chip) , fluorescence , metal , transition metal , nanotechnology , chemical physics , nanoparticle , catalysis , molecule , atomic physics , physics , metallurgy , chemistry , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , computer science , embedded system
Nanoclusters are stable collections of a few metal atoms (∼2–144 atoms) that lie at the transition between atomic and nanoparticle behavior of metals. With size comparable to the Fermi wavelength, these materials have molecule-like behavior including discrete electronic states and size-dependent fluorescence or catalysis
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