The early detection of cancer can significantly reduce cancer mortality and saves lives. Thus,
a great deal of effort has been devoted to the exploration of new technologies to detect early …

Metal nanoclusters, composed of several to a few hundred metal atoms, have received
worldwide attention due to their extraordinary physical and chemical characteristics …

Fluorescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) as a new class of fluorophores have attracted more
and more attention due to their unique electronic structures and the subsequent unusual …

Noble metal nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new class of nanomaterials which have
great potential in bioapplications. Due to their ultrasmall size and versatile surface …

In vitro biosensors have been an integral component for early diagnosis of cancer in the
clinic. Among them, no-wash biosensors, which only depend on the simple mixing of the …

The use of metal nanoclusters as sensing probes has recently attracted considerable
interest from researchers. In particular, metallic nanoclusters (eg, Au, Ag, Cu, Pt) have been …

Hybrid systems consisting of nucleic-acid-functionalized silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) and
graphene oxide (GO) are used for the development of fluorescent DNA sensors and …

Functionally integrating DNA and other nucleic acids with nanoparticles in all their different
physicochemical forms has produced a rich variety of composite nanomaterials which, in …

DNA serves as a versatile template for few-atom silver clusters and their organized self-
assembly. These clusters possess unique structural and photophysical properties that are …

Fluorescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) are a class of emerging fluorescent materials. They
have excellent photostability and biocompatibility with sub-nanometer size and are easy to …