Advances in bovine serum albumin-protected gold nanoclusters: From understanding the formation mechanisms to biological applications

L Chen, M Gharib, Y Zeng, S Roy, CK Nandi… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Fluorescent gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) have become a promising material in
nanobiotechnology due to their smaller size, fluorescence properties, and biocompatibility …

Optical properties of gold nanoclusters constructed from Au13 units: Special Issue: Emerging Investigators

J Kong, W Zhang, Y Wu, M Zhou - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold nanoclusters with diameters of 1–3 nm have attracted considerable
research interests in the past decade because they fill the gap between small organic‐metal …

Metal nanoclusters in point-of-care sensing and biosensing applications

H Nasrollahpour, BJ Sánchez… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoclusters are nanostructures consisting of few to tens of atoms which have attracted
great interest from the scientific community due to their applications in a myriad of fields …

Biomimetic nanocluster photoreceptors for adaptative circular polarization vision

W Wen, G Liu, X Wei, H Huang, C Wang, D Zhu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nanoclusters with atomically precise structures and discrete energy levels are considered
as nanoscale semiconductors for artificial intelligence. However, nanocluster electronic …

Carborane-thiol protected copper nanoclusters: stimuli-responsive materials with tunable phosphorescence

A Jana, M Jash, WA Dar, J Roy, P Chakraborty… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomically precise nanomaterials with tunable solid-state luminescence attract global
interest. In this work, we present a new class of thermally stable isostructural tetranuclear …

Structural Analysis and Intrinsic Enzyme Mimicking Activities of Ligand‐Free PtAg Nanoalloys

L Chen, L Klemeyer, M Ruan, X Liu, S Werner, W Xu… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanozymes are nanomaterials with biocatalytic properties under physiological conditions
and are one class of artificial enzymes to overcome the high cost and low stability of natural …

Three–step cascaded artificial light–harvesting systems with tunable efficiency based on metallacycles

D Zhang, M Li, B Jiang, S Liu, J Yang, X Yang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is still challenging to develop multi–step cascaded artificial light–harvesting systems
(ALHSs) with tunable efficiency. Here, we designed novel cascaded ALHSs with AIE–active …

Photoconversion of Ag31 to Ag42 Initiated by Solvated Electrons

A Jana, WA Dar, SK Jana, AK Poonia… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Light-matter interactions, especially in atomically precise nanomaterials, belong to an
unexplored realm of research with potential benefits for the synthesis of materials. Here, we …

Site‐specific fabrication of gold nanocluster‐based fluorescence photoswitch enabled by the dual roles of albumin proteins

W Zhong, X Yan, S Qu, L Shang - Aggregate, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescence photoswitch is becoming increasingly desirable for many applications, but its
controllable fabrication still remains challenging yet. In this paper, a new strategy is …

Precision nanoengineering for functional self-assemblies across length scales

Nonappa - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As nanotechnology continues to push the boundaries across disciplines, there is an
increasing need for engineering nanomaterials with atomic-level precision for self-assembly …