中文摘要：

原子团簇与无机纳米材料一样，可以看作是纳米尺度的无机物质形态，但是具有确定的结构和组成，因此可以成为认识和研究纳米乃至大块固体表面结构的分子模型。由原子团簇组装的材料，有可能兼具纳米材料和分子材料的特性。

英文摘要：

Atomic clusters can be considered as inorganic substances in nano-scale like inorganic nanoparticles,but with well-defined structures,sizes and compositions.Hence,atomic clusters are molecularmodels to study and to understand the surface structures of nano-materials as well as bulk solids.Thefunctional materials assembled from the clusters may combine the advantages of both nano-materials andmolecular materials.