Emerging strategies in enhancing singlet oxygen generation of nano-photosensitizers toward advanced phototherapy

M Tavakkoli Yaraki, B Liu, YN Tan - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
The great promise of photodynamic therapy (PDT) has thrusted the rapid progress of
develo** highly effective photosensitizers (PS) in killing cancerous cells and bacteria. To …

Au 25 (SR) 18: the captain of the great nanocluster ship

X Kang, H Chong, M Zhu - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metal nanoclusters are in the intermediate state between discrete atoms and
plasmonic nanoparticles and are of significance due to their atomically accurate structures …

Correlations between the fundamentals and applications of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters: Recent advances in catalysis and biomedical applications

Z Liu, Z Wu, Q Yao, Y Cao, OJH Chai, J **e - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasmall metal nanoparticles (NPs) with a well-defined composition and structure, the so-
called metal nanoclusters (NCs, usually smaller than 3 nm in size), represent the forefront …

Biomimetic metallic nanostructures for biomedical applications, catalysis, and beyond

MT Yaraki, S Zahed Nasab, I Zare… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature has inspired scientists to develop green and sustainable nanomaterials with
biomimetic functions. Particularly, biomimetic metallic nanostructures (biometal NPs) with …

Identification of a Highly Luminescent Au22(SG)18 Nanocluster

Y Yu, Z Luo, DM Chevrier, DT Leong… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The luminescence property of thiolated gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) is thought to involve the
Au (I)-thiolate motifs on the NC surface; however, this hypothesis remains largely …

Bio-NCs–the marriage of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters with biomolecules

N Goswami, K Zheng, J **e - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultrasmall metal nanoclusters (NCs) have attracted increasing attention due to their
fascinating physicochemical properties. Today, functional metal NCs are finding growing …

Toward greener synthesis of gold nanomaterials: From biological to biomimetic synthesis

RR Nasaruddin, T Chen, Q Yao, S Zang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, the use of biomolecules, either from biological or biomimetic
systems (or so-called biological or biomimetic synthesis), has emerged as a promising …

Advances in bovine serum albumin-protected gold nanoclusters: From understanding the formation mechanisms to biological applications

L Chen, M Gharib, Y Zeng, S Roy, CK Nandi… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Fluorescent gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) have become a promising material in
nanobiotechnology due to their smaller size, fluorescence properties, and biocompatibility …

Recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications of ultrasmall thiolated silver nanoclusters

K Zheng, X Yuan, N Goswami, Q Zhang, J **e - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
With ultrasmall particle sizes of∼ 1 nm, thiolate-protected silver nanoclusters (or thiolated
Ag NCs) have recently emerged as an attractive frontier of nanoparticle research because of …

A simple approach to design proteins for the sustainable synthesis of metal nanoclusters

A Aires, I Llarena, M Moller… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are considered ideal nanomaterials for biological applications
owing to their strong photoluminescence (PL), excellent photostability, and good …