[HTML][HTML] Tailoring gold nanocluster properties for biomedical applications: From sensing to bioimaging and theranostics

SM Farkhani, P Dehghankelishadi, A Refaat… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gold nanomaterials have emerged as versatile systems which hold a great promise for
several biomedical applications. Among them, gold nanoclusters (AuNCs)—ultra-small …

Atomically precise thiolate‐protected gold nanoclusters: Current status of designability of the structure and physicochemical properties

S Hossain, D Hirayama, A Ikeda, M Ishimi… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thiolate (SR)‐protected gold nanoclusters (Aun (SR) m NCs) are a rare type of material
capable of simultaneously exhibiting multiple physicochemical properties well‐suited to …

Elucidating the Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Mechanism of Homometal and Doped M25(SR)18 Nanoclusters

Z Liu, M Zhou, L Luo, Y Wang, E Kahng… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
More than a decade of research on the photoluminescence (PL) of classic Au25 (SR) 18 and
its doped nanoclusters (NCs) still leaves many fundamental questions unanswered due to …

Atomically Precise Au42 Nanorods with Longitudinal Excitons for an Intense Photothermal Effect

Y Li, Y Song, X Zhang, T Liu, T Xu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metallic-state gold nanorods are well known to exhibit strong longitudinal plasmon
excitations in the near-infrared region (NIR) suitable for photothermal conversion. However …

A Double Open-Shelled Au43 Nanocluster with Increased Catalytic Activity and Stability

Y Li, HK Kim, RD McGillicuddy, SL Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs) are an intriguing class of crystalline solids with
unique physicochemical properties derived from tunable structures and compositions. Most …

Phosphine-Protected Atomically Precise Silver–Gold Alloy Nanoclusters and Their Luminescent Superstructures

M Jash, A Jana, AK Poonia, E Khatun… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Superstructures made by assemblies of metal nanoclusters (NCs) have gained interest due
to their atomic precision and exciting photophysical properties. Although there are some …

Heteroatom Do** Promoted Ultrabright and Ultrastable Photoluminescence of Water-Soluble Au/Ag Nanoclusters for Visual and Efficient Drug Delivery to Cancer …

L Qiao, Z Fu, B Li, Z Liu, L Cai, Y Pan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photoluminescence (PL) metal nanoclusters (NCs) have attracted extensive attention due to
their excellent physicochemical properties, good biocompatibility, and broad application …

Oxygen Electrocatalysis by [Au25(SR)18]: Charge, Do**, and Ligand Removal Effect

F Sun, C Deng, S Tian, Q Tang - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Considering the promising prospects of Au25 (SR) 18 q and its alloy clusters in numerous
fundamental catalysis research studies derived from their well-defined structures …

Effects of bromine-containing counterion salts in directing the structures of medium-sized silver nanoclusters

H Li, X Wei, X Kang, M Zhu - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation and structural determination of silver nanoclusters (especially the medium-
sized Ag clusters) remain more challenging relative to those of their gold counterparts …

Effects of Single Platinum Atom Do** on Stability and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Ag29 Nanoclusters

H Fakhouri, E Salmon, X Wei, S Joly… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The properties of atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters can be modified by the
addition of other metals, which may offer augmented characteristics, making them more …