Gold nanomaterials have emerged as versatile systems which hold a great promise for
several biomedical applications. Among them, gold nanoclusters (AuNCs)—ultra-small …

Quantum-sized gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are emerging as theranostic agents–those that
combine diagnostics and therapeutic properties–given their ultrasmall size< 3 nm, which …

The restriction of structural vibration has assumed great importance in attaining bright
emission of luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs), where tremendous efforts are devoted to …

Noble metal nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new class of nanomaterials which have
great potential in bioapplications. Due to their ultrasmall size and versatile surface …

Owing to their atomically precise structures, metal nanoclusters have always served as
model molecular tools to dissect nanoparticle surface chemistry and to investigate structure …

Exploiting emissive hydrophobic nanoclusters for hydrophilic applications remains a
challenge because of photoluminescence (PL) quenching during phase transfer. In addition …

In recent years, luminescent metal nanoclusters (metal NCs) with the unique features of
intriguing optical properties and excellent biocompatibility, have emerged as a promising …

Molecular isomerization has been well established in small-sized organic molecules,
whereas bulk inorganic solids present the phase transformation. Studies of molecular …

Ultrasmall peptide-protected gold nanoclusters are a promising class of bioresponsive
material exhibiting pH-sensitive photoluminescence. We present a theoretical insight into …

Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are promising nanomaterials for ratiometric fluorescent probes
due to their tunable fluorescence wavelengths dependent on size and structure, as well as …