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- Gas phase reactions are being researched to understand how metal clusters, especially coinage metals like copper (Cu) and silver (Ag), can be used to create new materials with specific properties.
- This study emphasizes the latest findings on how these metal clusters interact with gases like O, CO, and NO, exploring their reaction mechanisms and the influence of cluster size and composition on their reactivity.
- The article also addresses future research challenges and opportunities, aiming to link current findings to practical applications in nanocluster systems.
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Gas phase reactions have been a subject of research interest, enabling reliable strategies to explore the stability and reactivity of metal clusters as well as to probe novel superatoms that form the building blocks to assemble new materials with tailored properties. Coinage metal clusters have attracted great research attention due to their simple electronic shell structures and rich photochemical and catalytic properties at relatively low cost. This perspective focuses on the recent progress made in studying the gas phase reactions of undamaged and single-atom-doped Cu and Ag clusters with O, CO, and NO molecules. It covers various aspects, such as reaction mechanisms, relationships between structure and activity, control of reactivity by changing cluster size and composition, and the identification of novel superatoms (Cu, Ag, Ag, and AgO). Lastly, we provide a detailed account of the obstacles and prospective avenues for future research in order to establish a connection between these findings and nanocluster systems that have practical applications.
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