Science news articles about 'gold nanoclusters'

... total structure determination of a 102-atom gold cluster. The X-ray structure study ... properties of the stable mono-layer-protected gold nanoclusters," said Whetten, whose funding for this research ...

Gold nanocluster catalysts split oxygen molecules – but cluster size is crucial

... CO conversion) to others with nearly 100 percent efficiency. Their results revealed that the most active gold nanoclusters for CO conversion are bilayers approximately 0.5-0.8 nanometer in diameter ( ...

... the cell nucleus, scientists can also study the effectiveness of drug and gene therapies. "Gold nanoclusters have promising characteristics for applications in vivo. Our materials are smaller, less ...