Synthetic strategies of supported atomic clusters for heterogeneous catalysis

H Rong, S Ji, J Zhang, D Wang, Y Li - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Supported atomic clusters with uniform metal sites and definite low-nuclearity are
intermediate states between single-atom catalysts (SACs) and nanoparticles in size …

Antimicrobial silver nanomaterials

K Zheng, MI Setyawati, DT Leong, J Xie - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is considered as one of the greatest health threats worldwide, and we
are in a staring competition with microbes as antibiotic resistance mounts faster than our …

Antimicrobial cluster bombs: silver nanoclusters packed with daptomycin

K Zheng, MI Setyawati, TP Lim, DT Leong, J Xie - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Integration of two distinctive bactericides into one entity is a promising platform to improve
the efficiency of antimicrobial agents. We report an efficient antimicrobial hybrid formed …

Structure and luminescence of DNA-templated silver clusters

A Gonzalez-Rosell, C Cerretani, P Mastracco… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Nanotechnology in combating biofilm: A smart and promising therapeutic strategy

YK Mohanta, I Chakrabartty, AK Mishra… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Since the birth of civilization, people have recognized that infectious microbes cause serious
and often fatal diseases in humans. One of the most dangerous characteristics of …

Supported sub‐nanometer clusters for electrocatalysis applications

B Zhang, Y Chen, J Wang, H Pan… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted great attention in the field of electrocatalysis
due to their exceptional activity, selectivity, 100% atom utilization, and tailorability of active …

Boosting antibacterial activity with mesoporous silica nanoparticles supported silver nanoclusters

J Liu, S Li, Y Fang, Z Zhu - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultrasmall silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) are one of the emerging and highly efficient
antibacterial agents, owing to the unique features of sub-2 nm particle size and the high …

Antibacterial metal nanoclusters

Y Zheng, M Wei, H Wu, F Li, D Ling - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Combating bacterial infections is one of the most important applications of nanomedicine. In
the past two decades, significant efforts have been committed to tune physicochemical …

Theoretical Analysis of the Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of DNA-Stabilized Silver Cluster Ag16Cl2 in Aqueous Solvent

S Malola, MF Matus, H Häkkinen - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters with 10–30 silver atoms are by construction ideal
candidates for biocompatible bright fluorescent emitters, but their electronic structure is not …

Silver-Exchanged Zeolite Y Catalyzes a Selective Insertion of Carbenes into C–H and O–H Bonds

Y Zheng, A Vidal-Moya… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Commercially available zeolite Y modulates the catalytic activity and selectivity of ultrasmall
silver species during the Buchner reaction and the carbene addition to methylene and …