Proteases play a pivotal role in regulating important physiological processes from food
digestion to blood clotting. They are also important biomarkers for many diseases such as …

Quantum dots (QDs), due inter alia to their colourtunable symmetry, narrow emission, broad
absorption, stability, and solution processibility have received an upsurge of interest in the …

Since its onset in December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-
CoV-2, has caused over 6.5 million deaths worldwide as of October 2022. Attempts to curb …

Multimodal imaging is more suitable for disease diagnosis because of its ability to provide
more complementary and accurate information over single-mode imaging. Mn-doped …

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanoparticles which exhibit size and composition-
dependent optical and electronic (optoelectronic) properties. QDs are ultrasmall, typically …

Herein we propose a fluorescence turn-on strategy for the sensitive and selective detection
of trypsin based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between gold …

The inner filter effect (IFE) is an effective way for fluorescence modulation and thus has been
extensively explored for the development of fluorescence assays. Theoretically, the key to …

Metal nanoclusters protected by glutathione (GSH) have attracted a wide attention due to the
unique aggregation-induced emission (AIE) feature. However, the “trigger” effects of ethanol …

Herein we develop a novel “off–on-off” fluorescent nanosensor for the ultra-sensitive
detection of protamine and trypsin based on the as-prepared nitrogen and sulphur doped …

There is an urgent demand for on-site detection of biomarker, particularly in clinical
diagnosis and therapeutics applications. Herein, we designed a convenient and sensitive …