Atomically precise clusters of noble metals: emerging link between atoms and nanoparticles

I Chakraborty, T Pradeep - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

Effects of protecting groups on luminescent metal nanoclusters: spectroscopic signatures and applications

S Chakraborty, S Mukherjee - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been established as next-generation
fluorophores. Their biocompatible and non-toxic nature, along with excellent chemical-and …

Ratiometric fluorescent biosensing of hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical in living cells with lysozyme–silver nanoclusters: lysozyme as stabilizing ligand and …

F Liu, T Bing, D Shangguan, M Zhao… - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Construction of facile ratiometric fluorescent probes which possess sensitive and selective
sensing ability for bioactive small molecules is highly desirable and challenging. Herein …

Protein-templated metal nanoclusters: molecular-like hybrids for biosensing, diagnostics and pharmaceutics

SCL Tan, Z He, G Wang, Y Yu, L Yang - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of proteins as biomolecular templates to synthesize atomically precise metal
nanoclusters has been gaining traction due to their appealing properties such as …

Protein-Directed Au (0)-Rich Gold Nanoclusters as Ratiometric Luminescence Sensors for Auric Ions via Comproportionation-Induced Emission Enhancement

Y Sun, Z Zhou, P Peng, T Shu, L Su… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) are widely used as fluorescent probes in biomedical sensing
and imaging due to their versatile optical properties and low cytotoxicity. Surface …

Protein-templated gold nanoclusters as specific bio-imaging probes for the detection of Hg (ii) ions in in vivo and in vitro systems: discriminating between MDA-MB …

S Chakraborty, A Nandy, S Ghosh, NK Das, S Parveen… - Analyst, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) synthesized within a protein (Human Serum Albumin, HSA)
template exhibited intense red luminescence accompanied by a quantum yield> 10% and …

Self-referenced ratiometric detection of sulfatase activity with dual-emissive urease-encapsulated gold nanoclusters

HH Deng, HP Peng, KY Huang, SB He, QF Yuan… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this study, on the basis of the biomineralization capability of urease, a facile, one-step,
and green synthetic method has been proposed for the fabrication of gold nanoclusters …

Au/Ag Bimetallic Nanoclusters Stabilized by Glutathione and Lysozyme for Ratiometric Sensing of H2O2 and Hydroxyl Radicals

W Mi, S Tang, Y **, N Shao - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoclusters, widely used as fluorescent probes in biosensing and bioimaging, still
suffer from some barriers, such as low quantum yield, impurities, and poor sensitivity …

Microwave-assisted synthesis of bovine serum albumin–gold nanoclusters and their fluorescence-quenched sensing of Hg 2+ ions

NY Hsu, YW Lin - New Journal of Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This study presents the microwave-assisted synthesis of fluorescent bovine serum albumin
(BSA)–gold (Au) nanoclusters (NCs). The as-prepared BSA–Au NCs exhibit red …

Dual-emissive gold nanoclusters for label-free and separation-free ratiometric fluorescence sensing of 4-nitrophenol based on the inner filter effect

T Shu, J Wang, X Lin, Z Zhou, F Liang, L Su… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly sensitive detection of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), one of the most hazardous and toxic
phenols, has been highly sought-after. In this study, we found that 4-NP could selectively …