K. R. Krishnadas

TL;DR: The first example of intercluster reactions between atomically precise, monolayer protected noble metal clusters using Au25( SR)18 and Ag44(SR)30 (RS- = alkyl/aryl thiolate) as model compounds is presented.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a mixture of Ag25( SR)18 and Au25(SR)18 can be transformed to any arbitrary alloy composition, AgmAun(SR), merely by controlling the reactant compositions, and confirmed that metal atom exchanges are thermodynamically feasible.

TL;DR: The emergence of a new branch of chemistry involving the reactions of atomically precise cluster systems, which are prototypical nanoparticles, is presented, and it is demonstrated that such interparticle chemistry is not limited to metal clusters; it occurs across zero-, one- and two-dimensional nanosystems leading to specific transformations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a wet chemical reduction method was used to synthesize high purity and various aspect ratios of nickel nanowires without the assistance of surfactants, templates, and external magnetic field.

TL;DR: The results present a unique example of a structure-reactivity relationship in the metal atom substitution chemistry of monolayer protected clusters, wherein a systematic trend, reflecting the geometric and the electronic shell structures of the reactant as well as the product clusters, was observed.