Table of Contents

A historical introduction.- Theoretical studies on gold clusters and nanoparticles.- Gold Nanoclusters: Size-Controlled Synthesis and Crystal Structures.- Progress in the Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoclusters.- Structural aspects of phosphine-coordinated ultrasmall gold clusters: the next generation.- Structure & Bonding in the Metal-Rich Gold-Thiolate Cluster Compounds.- Gold nano-alloys.- Model catalysts based on Au clusters and nano particles.- Gold clusters in the gas phase.- Gas phase formation, structure and reactivity of gold cluster ions.