Atomically precise clusters of noble metals: emerging link between atoms and nanoparticles

I Chakraborty, T Pradeep - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

Platinum nanoparticles in nanobiomedicine

D Pedone, M Moglianetti, E De Luca, G Bardi… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxidative stress-dependent inflammatory diseases represent a major concern for the
population's health worldwide. Biocompatible nanomaterials with enzymatic properties …

Gold nanoclusters for theranostic applications

Y Zheng, J Wu, H Jiang, X Wang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Gold nanoclusters, consisting of a few to several hundred Au atoms with a core size below 2
nm, have attracted worldwide attention in the biomedicine because of their supernormal …

Tumor microenvironment-triggered intratumoral in-situ biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials for precise tumor diagnostics

X Zhang, Q Zhao, J Yang, T Wang, F Chen… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The severe side effects and low bioavailability of conventional chemotherapeutic drugs are
the major problems that current clinical cancer treatments suffer from. In recent years, tumor …

Recent advances in biomedical applications of fluorescent gold nanoclusters

Y Zheng, L Lai, W Liu, H Jiang, X Wang - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluorescent gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are emerging as novel fluorescent materials and
have attracted more and more attention in the field of biolabeling, biosensing, bioimaging …

Engineering metal nanoclusters for targeted therapeutics: From targeting strategies to therapeutic applications

Z Lin, N Goswami, T Xue, OJH Chai… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) have recently attracted great interest in biomedical applications
due to their ultrasmall size, good biocompatibility, and unique molecule‐like physical and …

Facile synthesis of enhanced fluorescent gold–silver bimetallic nanocluster and its application for highly sensitive detection of inorganic pyrophosphatase activity

Q Zhou, Y Lin, M Xu, Z Gao, H Yang… - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Herein, gold–silver bimetallic nanoclusters (Au–Ag NCs) with the high fluorescent intensity
were first synthesized successfully and utilized for the fabrication of sensitive and specific …

Engineered nanomaterials: The challenges and opportunities for nanomedicines

F Albalawi, MZ Hussein, S Fakurazi… - International journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The emergence of nanotechnology as a key enabling technology over the past years has
opened avenues for new and innovative applications in nanomedicine. From the business …

Gold nanoclusters for biomedical applications: toward in vivo studies

E Porret, X Le Guével, JL Coll - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In parallel with the rapidly growing and widespread use of nanomedicine in the clinic, we
are also witnessing the development of so-called theranostic agents that combine diagnostic …

Protein-protected metal nanoclusters as diagnostic and therapeutic platforms for biomedical applications

I Zare, DM Chevrier, A Cifuentes-Rius, N Moradi… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of protein templates for the controlled synthesis of inorganic nanostructures has
gained considerable attention in multidisciplinary fields, including electronics, optics …