Engineering luminescent metal nanoclusters for sensing applications

S Qian, Z Wang, Z Zuo, X Wang, Q Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) have ultrasmall size (≤ 3 nm), precise molecular structure,
strong luminescence, size-sensitive physicochemical properties, engineerable metallic …

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 …

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 …

Tailoring Carbon Tails of Ligands on Au52(SR)32 Nanoclusters Enhances the Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Quantum Yield from 3.8 to 18.3%

Y Wang, Z Liu, A Mazumder… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
One of the important factors that determine the photoluminescence (PL) properties of gold
nanoclusters pertain to the surface. In this study, four Au52 (SR) 32 nanoclusters that feature …

Achiral-Core-Metal Change in Isomorphic Enantiomeric Ag12Ag32 and Au12Ag32 Clusters Triggers Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence

YJ Kong, JH Hu, XY Dong, Y Si, ZY Wang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding how the chiral or achiral section in chiral nanostructures contributes to
circularly polarized light emission (CPLE) at the atomic level is of fundamental importance …

Interactions of metal nanoclusters with light: fundamentals and applications

T Chen, H Lin, Y Cao, Q Yao, J **e - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The interactions of materials with light determine their applications in various fields. In the
past decade, ultrasmall metal nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a promising class of …

Near-Infrared II Gold Nanocluster Assemblies with Improved Luminescence and Biofate for In Vivo Ratiometric Imaging of H2S

S Li, Q Ma, C Wang, K Yang, Z Hong, Q Chen… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ultrasmall gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are emerging as promising luminescent nanoprobes
for bioimaging due to their fantastic photoluminescence (PL) and renal-clearable ability …

Near-Infrared Dual Emission from the Au42(SR)32 Nanocluster and Tailoring of Intersystem Crossing

L Luo, Z Liu, X Du, R ** - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This work presents the synthesis and intriguing photoluminescence of the Au42 (PET) 32
(PET= 2-phenylethanethiolate) nanocluster (NC). The Au42 (PET) 32 NC exhibits dual …

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 …

Source of bright near-infrared luminescence in gold nanoclusters

Q Li, CJ Zeman IV, GC Schatz, XW Gu - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoclusters with near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence (PL) have great potential as
sensing and imaging materials in biomedical and bioimaging applications. In this work …