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Photochemistry and Photophysics in the Metal Nanocluster World

Metal clusters, with exact numbers of metal atoms and stabilizing ligands, have become a rapidly emerging new area of research. The field offers a great deal of opportunity from new synthesis methods to challenging characterization to photophysical studies of their unique optical and electronic properties.

The structure of several stable clusters will be discussed, as well as several newly isolated materials. The unique properties of clusters will be a main focus in this seminar, especially as they can be tuned by controlling the atomic composition of the materials. These distinctive properties of individual clusters have made them attractive candidates for biomedical imaging, catalysis, photonic devices, and light harvesting. Recent findings in cluster properties as they relate to each of these applications will also be highlighted.