[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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Triple-phosphorescent gold nanoclusters enabled by isomerization of terminal thiouracils in the surface motifs

W Dong, F Zhang, T Li, Y Zhong, L Hong… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) hold great promise for expressing multipeak emission based on
their well-defined total structure with diverse luminescent centers. Herein, we report the …

Water-Soluble Au25 Clusters with Single-Crystal Structure for Mitochondria-Targeting Radioimmunotherapy

Y Hua, ZH Shao, A Zhai, LJ Zhang, ZY Wang, G Zhao… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise gold clusters play an important role in the development of high-Z-element-
based radiosensitizers, due to their intriguing structural diversity and advantages in …

Progress, enhancement mechanisms and applications of electrochemiluminescence and photoluminescence metal nanoclusters

W Guo, L Zhao, L Jiang, Y Nie, Y Zhou - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, luminescent metal nanoclusters (metal NCs) with the unique features of
intriguing optical properties and excellent biocompatibility, have emerged as a promising …

Effect of Silver Alloying on the Vibrational Dynamics of Rod-Shaped Gold Nanoclusters

Y Wu, J Kong, W Zhang, S Wang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Do** and alloying are effective strategies to improve the performance of metal
nanoclusters, including photoluminescence and catalysis. The effect of do** on the …

Photoluminescence of the Au38(SR)26 nanocluster comprises three radiative processes

L Luo, Z Liu, X Du, R ** - Communications Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Photoluminescence of ultrasmall, atomically precise gold nanoclusters constitutes an area of
significant interest in recent years for both fundamental research and biological applications …

Au25 Cluster-Based Atomically Precise Coordination Frameworks and Emission Engineering through Lattice Symmetry

S Kim, H Kim, C Lee, I Park, Y Kim, D Moon, JH Shim… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs) have attracted significant attention due to
their superatomic behavior originating from the quantum confinement effect. This behavior …