Sub-nanometer nanoparticles (NPs) are very intriguing for the scientific community due to numerous characteristics they possess. Size control and homogeneity of metal NPs during synthesis and characterization are extremely important parameters to consider. A general method is proposed to generate nanoparticles with a defined number of atoms in the metal core by incorporating �atomic metrons� as the macromolecules with defined number of binding sites as the matrix. Synthesis, characterization, and purification of the atomic metrons with known binding sites will be discussed. Furthermore, filling all the binding sites with metal atoms and transformation to NPs will be demonstrated.

Atomic metron: A basis for synthesis of subnanometer particles with known sizes and a discrete number of atoms

245th National Meeting (2013)

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