Research Highlights

Carborane Nanomembranes

Frey, M.; Picker, J.; Neumann, C.; Višňák, J.; Macháček, J.; Tok, O. L.; Bábor, P.; Base, T.; Turchanin, A. ACS Nano 2025.

Site-specific substitution in atomically precise carboranethiol-protected nanoclusters and concomitant changes in electronic properties

Yadav, V.; Jana, A.; Acharya, S.; Malola, S.; Nagar, H.; Sharma, A.; Kini, A. Ramachandr; Antharjanam, S.; Machacek, J.; Adarsh, K. Nair Valsa; Base, T.; Häkkinen, H.; Pradeep, T. Nature Communications 2025, 16.

Nanomechanical Investigations of Crystals of Copper Nanocluster Isomorphs: Enhanced Hardness of the Low-Density Analogue

Kini, A. R.; Debta, S.; Jana, A.; Aparna, C.; Yadav, V.; Kusiak, N.; Base, T.; Waghmare, U. V.; Ghosh, P.; Pradeep, T. Chemistry of Materials 2025.

Multicolor photoluminescence of Cu14 clusters modulated using surface ligands

Jana, A.; Duary, S.; Das, A.; Kini, A. Ramachandr; Acharya, S.; Machacek, J.; Pathak, B.; Base, T.; Pradeep, T. Chemical Science 2024.

Competing Intermolecular and Molecule–Surface Interactions: Dipole–Dipole-Driven Patterns in Mixed Carborane Self-Assembled Monolayers

White, K. E.; Avery, E. M.; Cummings, E.; Hong, Z.; Langecker, J.; Vetushka, A.; Dusek, M.; Machacek, J.; Višnák, J.; Endres, J.; Bastl, Z.; Mete, E.; Alexandrova, A. N.; Base, T.; Weiss, P. S. Chemistry of Materials 2024, 36, 2085-2095.

Macropolyhedral syn-B18H22, the “Forgotten” Isomer

Patel, D. Kumar; Sooraj, B. S.; Kirakci, K.; Machacek, J.; Kucerakova, M.; Bould, J.; Dusek, M.; Frey, M.; Neumann, C.; Ghosh, S.; Turchanin, A.; Pradeep, T.; Base, T. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 17975−17986.

A Luminescent Cu4 Cluster Film Grown by Electrospray Deposition: A Nitroaromatic Vapour Sensor

Jana, A.; Spoorthi, B. K.; Nair, A. S.; Pathak, B.; Base, T.; Pradeep, T. Nanoscale 2023, 15, 8141-8147.

Carborane-thiol protected copper nanoclusters: Stimuli-responsive materials with tunable phosphorescence

Jana, A.; Jash, M.; Dar, W. Ahmed; Roy, J.; Chakraborty, P.; Ganesan, P.; Lebedkin, S.; Kirakci, K.; Manna, S.; Antharjanam, P. K. Sudhade; Machacek, J.; Kucerakova, M.; Ghosh, S.; Lang, K.; Kappes, M.; Base, T.; Pradeep, T. Chemical Science 2023, 14, 1613-1626.

Carboranethiol-Protected Propeller-Shaped Photoresponsive Silver Nanomolecule

Jana, A.; Unnikrishnan, P. M.; Poonia, A. K.; Roy, J.; Jash, M.; Paramasivam, G.; Machacek, J.; Adarsh, K. Nair Valsa; Base, T.; Pradeep, T. Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61, 8593−8603.

Light-Activated Intercluster Conversion of an Atomically Precise Silver Nanocluster

Jana, A.; Jash, M.; Poonia, A. Kumar; Paramasivam, G.; Islam, M. Rabiul; Chakraborty, P.; Antharjanam, S.; Machacek, J.; Ghosh, S.; Adarsh, K. Nair Valsa; Base, T.; Pradeep, T. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 15781-15793.

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