Nanostructured antimicrobial peptides: crucial steps of overcoming the bottleneck for clinics

Z Yang, S He, H Wu, T Yin, L Wang… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The security issue of human health is faced with dispiriting threats from multidrug-resistant
bacteria infections induced by the abuse and misuse of antibiotics. Over decades, the …

Bioresponsive functional phenylboronic acid-based delivery system as an emerging platform for diabetic therapy

Q Ma, X Zhao, A Shi, J Wu - International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The glucose-sensitive self-adjusting drug delivery system simulates the physiological model
of the human pancreas-secreting insulin and then precisely regulates the release of …

An ultrasensitive turn-on ratiometric fluorescent probes for detection of Ag+ based on carbon dots/SiO2 and gold nanoclusters

J An, R Chen, M Chen, Y Hu, Y Lyu, Y Liu - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, ratiometric fluorescent probes have been widely used in biochemical
sensors and bioimaging due to their accuracy, sensitivity, and visibility. In this paper, we …

Cerium ions triggered dual-readout immunoassay based on aggregation induced emission effect and 3, 3′, 5, 5′-tetramethylbenzidine for fluorescent and …

W Chen, X Zhang, Q Zhang, G Zhang, S Wu… - Analytica Chimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is one of the most prevalent and toxic mycotoxins. Ultrasensitive and
convenient detection of OTA is urgent demanded for public health. In this work, a dual …

Tuning the photoluminescence of metal nanoclusters for selective detection of multiple heavy metal ions

A Nain, YT Tseng, YS Lin, SC Wei, RP Mandal… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we synthesized metal (Au, Ag or Cu)–based nanoclusters (NCs) with different
photoluminescence (PL) properties and investigated their application for the specific …

Free radical polymerization of gold nanoclusters and hydrogels for cell capture and light-controlled release

S Zhu, X Wang, Y Cong, L Liu, L Li - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gold nanocluster (AuNC) decorated hydrogels have attracted considerable attention as
versatile biomaterials. To date AuNCs and hydrogels have mainly been mixed as …

Recent Advances in Gold Nanocluster-Based Biosensing and Therapy: A Review

L Yang, P Hou, J Wei, B Li, A Gao, Z Yuan - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) with bright emission and unique chemical reactivity characters
have been widely applied for optical sensing and imaging. With a combination of surface …

Efficient ratiometric fluorescence probe utilizing silicon particles/gold nanoclusters nanohybrid for “on-off-on” bifunctional detection and cellular imaging of mercury (II) …

F Ru, P Du, X Lu - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
An effective ratiometric fluorescent probe based on silicon particles/gold nanoclusters
(SiNPs/AuNCs) nanohybrid has been fabricated and applied to be a “on-off-on” switch …

Stimuli-responsive polymer/nanomaterial hybrids for sensing applications

T Shu, Q Shen, X Zhang, MJ Serpe - Analyst, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical and biological/biochemical sensors are capable of generating readout signals that
are proportional to the concentration of specific analytes of interest. Signal sensitivity and …

Fluorescent gold nanoclusters for biosensor and bioimaging application

Y Bai, T Shu, L Su, X Zhang - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the rapid development of materials technology, fluorescent gold nanoclusters (AuNCs)
are emerging as novel functional materials for diagnostic applications including the …