Self-Assembly of Precision Noble Metal Nanoclusters: Hierarchical Structural Complexity, Colloidal Superstructures, and Applications

doi:10.1002/smll.202005718

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. 2021 Jul;17(27):e2005718.

doi: 10.1002/smll.202005718. Epub 2021 Jan 25.

Self-Assembly of Precision Noble Metal Nanoclusters: Hierarchical Structural Complexity, Colloidal Superstructures, and Applications

Jose V Rival^{1

2}, Paloli Mymoona^{1

2}, Kavalloor Murali Lakshmi^{1

2}, Nonappa³, Thalappil Pradeep⁴, Edakkattuparambil Sidharth Shibu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Smart Materials Lab, Electrochemical Power Sources (ECPS) Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, 630003, India.
² Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)-CSIR, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.
³ Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, Tampere, FI-33101, Finland.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, DST Unit of Nanoscience (DST UNS) and Thematic Unit of Excellence (TUE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600036, India.

PMID: 33491918
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202005718

Review

Self-Assembly of Precision Noble Metal Nanoclusters: Hierarchical Structural Complexity, Colloidal Superstructures, and Applications

Jose V Rival et al. Small. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;17(27):e2005718.

doi: 10.1002/smll.202005718. Epub 2021 Jan 25.

Authors

Jose V Rival^{1

2}, Paloli Mymoona^{1

2}, Kavalloor Murali Lakshmi^{1

2}, Nonappa³, Thalappil Pradeep⁴, Edakkattuparambil Sidharth Shibu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Smart Materials Lab, Electrochemical Power Sources (ECPS) Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, 630003, India.
² Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)-CSIR, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.
³ Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, Tampere, FI-33101, Finland.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, DST Unit of Nanoscience (DST UNS) and Thematic Unit of Excellence (TUE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600036, India.

PMID: 33491918
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202005718

Abstract

Ligand protected noble metal nanoparticles are excellent building blocks for colloidal self-assembly. Metal nanoparticle self-assembly offers routes for a wide range of multifunctional nanomaterials with enhanced optoelectronic properties. The emergence of atomically precise monolayer thiol-protected noble metal nanoclusters has overcome numerous challenges such as uncontrolled aggregation, polydispersity, and directionalities faced in plasmonic nanoparticle self-assemblies. Because of their well-defined molecular compositions, enhanced stability, and diverse surface functionalities, nanoclusters offer an excellent platform for developing colloidal superstructures via the self-assembly driven by surface ligands and metal cores. More importantly, recent reports have also revealed the hierarchical structural complexity of several nanoclusters. In this review, the formulation and periodic self-assembly of different noble metal nanoclusters are focused upon. Further, self-assembly induced amplification of physicochemical properties, and their potential applications in molecular recognition, sensing, gas storage, device fabrication, bioimaging, therapeutics, and catalysis are discussed. The topics covered in this review are extensively associated with state-of-the-art achievements in the field of precision noble metal nanoclusters.

Keywords: colloidal superstructures; enhanced optical properties; hierarchical structural complexity; nanoscale driving forces; precision nanoclusters; self-assembly.

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