Aggregation-induced emission-active nanostructures: beyond biomedical applications

MH Chua, KLO Chin, XJ Loh, Q Zhu, J Xu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The discovery of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) phenomenon in 2001 has had a
significant impact on materials development across different research disciplines. AIE-active …

[HTML][HTML] Tailoring gold nanocluster properties for biomedical applications: From sensing to bioimaging and theranostics

SM Farkhani, P Dehghankelishadi, A Refaat… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gold nanomaterials have emerged as versatile systems which hold a great promise for
several biomedical applications. Among them, gold nanoclusters (AuNCs)—ultra-small …

Suppression of kernel vibrations by layer-by-layer ligand engineering boosts photoluminescence efficiency of gold nanoclusters

Y Zhong, J Zhang, T Li, W Xu, Q Yao, M Lu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The restriction of structural vibration has assumed great importance in attaining bright
emission of luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs), where tremendous efforts are devoted to …

Smart reversible transformations between chiral superstructures of copper clusters for optical and chiroptical switching

Z Han, Y Si, XY Dong, JH Hu, C Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Superstructures made from nanoscale clusters with new collective properties are promising
in high-tech applications; however, chiral superstructures remain elusive, and the limited …

Bis-Schiff base linkage-triggered highly bright luminescence of gold nanoclusters in aqueous solution at the single-cluster level

H Deng, K Huang, L **u, W Sun, Q Yao, X Fang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been developed as a new class of luminescent
nanomaterials with potential applications in various fields. However, for most of the metal …

Visible to NIR‐II Photoluminescence of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters

Z Liu, L Luo, R ** - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new class of precision
materials and attracted wide interest in recent years. One of the unique properties of such …

Radioluminescent Cu–Au Metal Nanoclusters: Synthesis and Self-Assembly for Efficient X-ray Scintillation and Imaging

RW Huang, X Song, S Chen, J Yin… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Zero-dimensional (0D) scintillation materials have drawn tremendous attention due to their
inherent advantages in the fabrication of flexible high-energy radiation scintillation screens …

Valence-state-engineered electrochemiluminescence from Au nanoclusters

D Wang, X Gao, J Jia, B Zhang, G Zou - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
To determine the intrinsic effects of body elements on the electrochemiluminescence (ECL)
of metal nanoclusters (NCs), herein, a valence-state engineering strategy is developed to …

Driving forces and routes for aggregation-induced emission-based highly luminescent metal nanocluster assembly

D Bera, N Goswami - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of ultrasmall, luminescent metal nanoclusters (MNCs) with aggregation-
induced emission (AIE) characteristics is a relatively new research area that has gained …

Excited State Engineering in Ag29 Nanocluster through Peripheral Modification with Silver(I) Complexes for Bright Near-Infrared Photoluminescence

W Ishii, Y Okayasu, Y Kobayashi… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The optical property of an ionic metal nanocluster (NC) is affected by the ionic interaction
with counter ions. Here, we report that the modification of trianionic [Ag29 (BDT) 12 (TPP) 4] …