Programmable kernel structures of atomically precise metal nanoclusters for tailoring catalytic properties

The unclear structures and polydispersity of metal nanoparticles (NPs) seriously hamper the identification active sites construction structure-reactivity relationships. Fortunately, ligand-protected nanoclusters (NCs) with atomically precise monodispersity have become an ideal candidate for understanding well-defined correlations between structure catalytic property at atomic level. programmable kernel NCs provide a fantastic chance to modulate their size, shape, arrangement, electron state by modulating number, type, location atoms. Thus, special focus this review highlights most recent process in tailoring activity selectivity over precisely controlling structures. This is expected shed light on in-depth NCs’ reactivity