Communications Chemistry ( IF 5.9 ) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 , DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00958-7 Koustav Sahoo 1 , Tapu Raihan Gazi 1 , Soumyadip Roy 1 , Indranath Chakraborty 1
Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs) with molecule-like structures are emerging nanomaterials with fascinating chemical and physical properties. Photoluminescence (PL), catalysis, sensing, etc., are some of the most intriguing and promising properties of NCs, making the metal NCs potentially beneficial in different applications. However, long-term instability under ambient conditions is often considered the primary barrier to translational research in the relevant application fields. Creating nanohybrids between such atomically precise NCs and other stable nanomaterials (0, 1, 2, or 3D) can help expand their applicability. Many such recently reported nanohybrids have gained promising attention as a new class of materials in the application field, exhibiting better stability and exciting properties of interest. This perspective highlights such nanohybrids and briefly explains their exciting properties. These hybrids are categorized based on the interactions between the NCs and other materials, such as metal-ligand covalent interactions, hydrogen-bonding, host-guest, hydrophobic, and electrostatic interactions during the formation of nanohybrids. This perspective will also capture some of the new possibilities with such nanohybrids.
中文翻译:
原子级精确金属纳米团簇的纳米杂化物
具有类分子结构的原子精确金属纳米团簇(NC)是新兴的纳米材料,具有令人着迷的化学和物理特性。光致发光(PL)、催化、传感等是NC最有趣和最有前途的特性,使得金属NC在不同的应用中具有潜在的优势。然而,环境条件下的长期不稳定性通常被认为是相关应用领域转化研究的主要障碍。在这种原子级精确的 NC 和其他稳定的纳米材料(0、1、2 或 3D)之间创建纳米混合材料有助于扩展其适用性。许多最近报道的纳米杂化材料作为应用领域的一类新型材料而受到广泛关注,表现出更好的稳定性和令人兴奋的性能。这个观点强调了这种纳米杂化物并简要解释了它们令人兴奋的特性。这些杂化物根据纳米杂化物形成过程中NC与其他材料之间的相互作用进行分类,例如金属-配体共价相互作用、氢键、主客体、疏水性和静电相互作用。这种观点也将捕捉到这种纳米混合体的一些新的可能性。