Metal nanoclusters serve as an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. The
transformation of metal nanoclusters has been fully reflected in their studies from every …

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 …

Antibiotic resistance is considered as one of the greatest health threats worldwide, and we
are in a staring competition with microbes as antibiotic resistance mounts faster than our …

Noble metal nanoclusters protected with carboranes, a 12-vertex, nearly icosahedral boron–
carbon framework system, have received immense attention due to their different …

Since the birth of civilization, people have recognized that infectious microbes cause serious
and often fatal diseases in humans. One of the most dangerous characteristics of …

Metal nanoclusters (NCs) consist of tens to hundreds of metal atoms with a diameter of< 2
nm, and have attracted significant attention due to their unique molecule-like properties …

Abstract Ultrasmall silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) are one of the emerging and highly efficient
antibacterial agents, owing to the unique features of sub-2 nm particle size and the high …

Photochemical methods are effective for controllable synthesis of silver nanoparticles with
specific sizes and shapes. Whether they are capable of fabricating Ag nanoclusters (NCs) …

With ultrasmall particle sizes of∼ 1 nm, thiolate-protected silver nanoclusters (or thiolated
Ag NCs) have recently emerged as an attractive frontier of nanoparticle research because of …

Copper–cysteamine (Cu–Cy) is a novel sensitizer that can be excited by ultraviolet (UV)
light, microwave (MW), ultrasound, and X-rays to generate highly toxic reactive oxygen …