Recent Advances in the Synthesis, Properties, and Biological Applications of Platinum Nanoclusters

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(a) Schematic process of preparing Pt₁₂ and Pt₁₃ NCs employed DPA-TPM and DPA-PyTPM as the template, respectively. (b) The electrospray ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF-MS) of Pt NCs after ligand exchange by CO gas. (c) The diagrams of relationship between kinetic current density () and calculated oxygen adsorption energy () for ORR using Pt-based catalyst, e.g., Pt₁₂, Pt₁₃, and Pt₍₁₁₁₎. (d) Simulated structures for optimized geometry of Pt₁₂ NCs, Pt₁₃ NCs, and FCC-structured Pt NPs and the relationship diagram of relative and particle size (reprinted major modification with permission from [155], Copyright 2013, American Chemical Society).

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