Metal nanoclusters: novel probes for diagnostic and therapeutic applications

Y Tao, M Li, J Ren, X Qu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters, composed of several to a few hundred metal atoms, have received
worldwide attention due to their extraordinary physical and chemical characteristics …

DNA metallization: principles, methods, structures, and applications

Z Chen, C Liu, F Cao, J Ren, X Qu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA metallization has witnessed tremendous growth and development, from the initial
simple synthesis aimed at manufacturing conductive metal nanowires to the current …

Assembly-induced enhancement of Cu nanoclusters luminescence with mechanochromic property

Z Wu, J Liu, Y Gao, H Liu, T Li, H Zou… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) as a new class of phosphors have attracted a great deal of interest
owing to their unique electronic structure and subsequently molecule-like optical properties …

Optical multiplexed bioassays for improved biomedical diagnostics

Y Fan, S Wang, F Zhang - Angewandte Chemie, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional analytical methods based on the detection of a single disease marker may not
be sufficiently accurate because the progression of disease generally involves multiple …

Development of quantum dot-based biosensors: principles and applications

F Ma, C Li, C Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of efficient biosensors for sensitive and selective detection of specific
biomolecules is crucial to both fundamental biomedical research and clinical diagnosis. Due …

DNA tetrahedra modules as versatile optical sensing platforms for multiplexed analysis of miRNAs, endonucleases, and aptamer–ligand complexes

Z Zhou, YS Sohn, R Nechushtai, I Willner - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
The sensing modules for analyzing miRNAs or the endonucleases consist of tetrahedra
functionalized with three different fluorophore–quencher pairs in spatially quenched …

In Situ Electrochemical Generation of Electrochemiluminescent Silver Naonoclusters on Target-Cycling Synchronized Rolling Circle Amplification Platform for …

A Chen, S Ma, Y Zhuo, Y Chai, R Yuan - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
On the basis of a novel target-cycling synchronized rolling circle amplification (RCA) as a
signal amplification strategy and in situ electrochemical generation of silver nanoclusters …

Conjugating a groove-binding motif to an Ir (III) complex for the enhancement of G-quadruplex probe behavior

M Wang, Z Mao, TS Kang, CY Wong, JL Mergny… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, the reported G-quadruplex groove binder benzo [d, e] isoquinoline was linked
to a cyclometallated Ir (III) complex to generate a highly selective DNA probe 1 that retains …

Transient dissipative optical properties of aggregated Au nanoparticles, CdSe/ZnS quantum dots, and supramolecular nucleic acid-stabilized Ag nanoclusters

Y Ouyang, P Zhang, H Manis-Levy… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transient, dissipative, aggregation and deaggregation of Au nanoparticles (NPs) or
semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) leading to control over their transient optical properties …

Target-triggered entropy-driven amplification system-templated silver nanoclusters for multiplexed microRNA analysis

F Li, G Li, S Cao, B Liu, X Ren, N Kang, F Qiu - Biosensors and …, 2021 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important biomarkers for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment
of human diseases. Sensitive and selective detection of multiple miRNAs simultaneously will …