2025年4月1日、Prof. Hannu Häkkinenをお招きして精密無機材料化学研究セミナーを開催します。是非ご参加ください。

■ 演題：Protected metal nanoclusters: structure, dynamics, chemistry
■ 講師：Hannu Häkkinen (Departments of Physics and Chemistry / Nanoscience Center / University of Jyväskylä)
■ 日時：2025年4月1日(火) 10:00-11:30
■ 場所：多元物質科学研究所 材料物性棟1号館（南総合研究棟Ⅱ） 4階 セミナー室

■ 講演内容：Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters, commonly termed as “monolayer-protected metal clusters” (MPCs), comprise a common set of structures exhibiting a metal core stabilized by an organic layer of ligand molecules. The choice of the metals defines the clusters’ physical properties, such as the electronic, optical, and magnetic properties, whereas the organic ligand shell defines their solubility and functionality with the surrounding environment. MPCs currently provoke widespread fundamental interest as tunable nanomaterials because they can be engineered, in principle, with atomic precision for a desired function. Here, I will discuss our recent efforts to model gold-based MPCs with density functional theory and machine learning methods, aiming at understanding their structure, dynamics and catalytic properties.