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 …

Metal complexes driven from Schiff bases and semicarbazones for biomedical and allied applications: a review

MS More, PG Joshi, YK Mishra, PK Khanna - Materials Today Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Schiff bases are versatile organic compounds which are widely used and synthesized by
condensation reaction of different amino compound with aldehydes or ketones known as …

Gold nanoclusters: imaging, therapy, and theranostic roles in biomedical applications

SM van de Looij, ER Hebels, M Viola… - Bioconjugate …, 2021 - ACS Publications
For the past two decades, atomic gold nanoclusters (AuNCs, ultrasmall clusters of several to
100 gold atoms, having a total diameter of< 2 nm) have emerged as promising agents in the …

Gold nanomaterials at work in biomedicine

X Yang, M Yang, B Pang, M Vara, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

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 …

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 …

Metal nanoclusters: new fluorescent probes for sensors and bioimaging

L Zhang, E Wang - Nano Today, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Correlations between the fundamentals and applications of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters: Recent advances in catalysis and biomedical applications

Z Liu, Z Wu, Q Yao, Y Cao, OJH Chai, J Xie - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasmall metal nanoparticles (NPs) with a well-defined composition and structure, the so-
called metal nanoclusters (NCs, usually smaller than 3 nm in size), represent the forefront …

Sub-nanometre sized metal clusters: from synthetic challenges to the unique property discoveries

Y Lu, W Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Sub-nanometre sized metal clusters, with dimensions between metal atoms and
nanoparticles, have attracted more and more attention due to their unique electronic …

Recent advances in synthesizing metal nanocluster-based nanocomposites for application in sensing, imaging and catalysis

L Shang, J Xu, GU Nienhaus - Nano Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are a type of ultrasmall nanomaterials with unique
physicochemical properties. Novel nanocomposites with exciting new and sometimes exotic …