The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …

Metal nanoclusters, composed of several to a few hundred metal atoms, have received
worldwide attention due to their extraordinary physical and chemical characteristics …

Recent advances in nanotechnology have given rise to a new class of fluorescent labels,
fluorescent metal nanoclusters, eg, Au and Ag. These nanoclusters are of significant interest …

Silver nanoclusters are a class of fluorophores with attractive features, including brightness,
photostability and subnanometer size. In this review we overview the different scaffolds that …

Though creation and characterization of water soluble luminescent silver nanodots were
achieved only in the past decade, a large variety of emitters in diverse scaffolds have been …

DNA-templated silver nanoclusters (DNA/Ag NCs) are an emerging set of fluorophores that
are smaller than semiconductor quantum dots and can have better photostability and …

Conspectus Metal nanoclusters containing a few to several hundred atoms with sizes
ranging from sub-nanometer to∼ 2 nm occupy an intermediate size regime that bridges …

Food safety concerns have become a significant threat to human health and well-being,
catching global attention in recent years. As a result, it is imperative to research conceptually …

The frequent occurrence of food safety incidents has given rise to unprecedented concern
about food contamination issues for both consumers and the industry. Various …

As a bridge between individual atoms and large plasmonic nanoparticles, ultrasmall (core
size< 3 nm) noble metal nanoparticles (UNMNPs) have been serving as model for us to …