Fluorescent metal quantum clusters: An updated overview of the synthesis, properties, and biological applications

P Khandelwal, P Poddar - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Metal quantum clusters are evolving as excellent systems for a wide range of biological
applications due to their small size (∼ 2 nm), tunable optical properties, including optical …

Free radical sensors based on inner-cutting graphene field-effect transistors

Z Wang, K Yi, Q Lin, L Yang, X Chen, H Chen… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Due to ultra-high reactivity, direct determination of free radicals, especially hydroxyl radical (•
OH) with ultra-short lifetime, by field-effect transistor (FET) sensors remains a challenge …

Tuning the chiral morphology of gold nanoparticles with oligomeric gold–glutathione complexes

NN Zhang, HR Sun, Y Xue, F Peng… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Chiral gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) have attracted considerable attention in the fields of
asymmetric catalysis, optical materials, and biosensing, owing to their chiroptical plasmonic …

Biodegradable gold nanoclusters with improved excretion due to pH-triggered hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic transition

EM Higbee-Dempsey, A Amirshaghaghi… - Journal of the …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Gold is a highly useful nanomaterial for many clinical applications, but its poor
biodegradability can impair long-term physiological clearance. Large gold nanoparticles (∼ …

Highly fluorescent polyethyleneimine protected Au8 nanoclusters: One-pot synthesis and application in hemoglobin detection

F Lu, H Yang, Z Yuan, T Nakanishi, C Lu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) with atomic precision have huge application potentials
in chemo/bio sensing, catalysis, and energy conversion. However, a precise atomic control …

Chemical etching of pH-sensitive aggregation-induced emission-active gold nanoclusters for ultra-sensitive detection of cysteine

J Wang, X Lin, L Su, J Yin, T Shu, X Zhang - Nanoscale, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This study reports the utilization of thiol-induced chemical etching of aggregation-induced
emission (AIE)-active Au nanoclusters (NCs) for the facile, sensitive, and selective detection …