Catalytic nanomaterials toward atomic levels for biomedical applications: from metal clusters to single-atom catalysts

Y Fan, S Liu, Y Yi, H Rong, J Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) featuring the complete atomic utilization of metal, high-efficient
catalytic activity, superior selectivity, and excellent stability have been emerged as a frontier …

Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals: a review article on sulfur-metal chemistry and surface structures

C Vericat, ME Vela, G Corthey, E Pensa, E Cortés… - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A review article on fundamental aspects of thiolate self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on
the (111) and (100) surfaces of the Cu and Ni groups is presented. In particular this work is …

Anti-leukemia activity of PVP-coated silver nanoparticles via generation of reactive oxygen species and release of silver ions

D Guo, L Zhu, Z Huang, H Zhou, Y Ge, W Ma, J Wu… - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have anti-cancer effect. However, whether and how these
particles could inhibit the growth of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells is unclear. In the …

New protocols for the synthesis of stable Ag and Au nanocluster molecules

T Udayabhaskararao, T Pradeep - The journal of physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
“Catching” metals in the nonmetallic form in solution, as they grow to bulk, is one of the most
exciting areas of contemporary materials research. A new kind of stabilization to catch the …

Magic numbers in DNA-stabilized fluorescent silver clusters lead to magic colors

SM Copp, D Schultz, S Swasey… - The journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
DNA-stabilized silver clusters are remarkable for the selection of fluorescence color by the
sequence of the stabilizing DNA oligomer. Yet despite a growing number of applications that …

Catalytic Hydrodehydroxylation of Biomass-Related Chemicals via Water-Mediated Hydrogen Heterolysis over a Pd–S Interface

Q Deng, J Lu, G Sheng, YC Zhang, J Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Traditionally partial sulfur-poisoned Pd is used to enhance selectivity in hydrogenation
reactions. Herein, we report that this type of catalyst can also display ultraselective …

Ag 44 (SR) 30 4−: a silver–thiolate superatom complex

KM Harkness, Y Tang, A Dass, J Pan, N Kothalawala… - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Intensely and broadly absorbing nanoparticles (IBANs) of silver protected by arylthiolates
were recently synthesized and showed unique optical properties, yet question of their …

Recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications of ultrasmall thiolated silver nanoclusters

K Zheng, X Yuan, N Goswami, Q Zhang, J Xie - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
With ultrasmall particle sizes of∼ 1 nm, thiolate-protected silver nanoclusters (or thiolated
Ag NCs) have recently emerged as an attractive frontier of nanoparticle research because of …

Reversible size control of silver nanoclusters via ligand-exchange

MS Bootharaju, VM Burlakov, TMD Besong… - Chemistry of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The properties of atomically monodisperse noble metal nanoclusters (NCs) are intricately
intertwined with their precise molecular formula. The vast majority of size-specific NC …

Engineering a red emission of copper nanocluster self-assembly architectures by employing aromatic thiols as capping ligands

L Ai, W Jiang, Z Liu, J Liu, Y Gao, H Zou, Z Wu, Z Wang… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescent Cu nanoclusters (NCs) are potential phosphors for illumination and display,
but the difficulty in achieving full-color emission greatly limits practical applications. On the …