Atom‐Precise Cluster‐Assembled Materials

This chapter introduces cluster and cluster-assembled materials. It discusses the prospects and the classifications of the nanocluster assembling processes. The chapter also discusses all the plausible future possibilities for creating new cluster-assembled materials and outlines the direction in which the upcoming research will continue to flourish. Encouraged by the concept of atom-precision, the research in nanotechnology is set to explore the opportunities in every new possible direction to counteract the inherent disadvantages of conventional metal nanoparticles. The chapter summarizes the advancement of the newly generated techniques of assembling metal nanoclusters and finds their potential applications with tailored structure–property correlation. It attempts to produce a logical guide to the different methodologies embraced in yesteryears in the design of atom-precise cluster-assembled materials, which features the crucial logical necessities and points of interest of utilizing such materials.