Luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) have recently emerged as a novel class of
luminescent nanomaterials and hold significant potential in biomedicine owing to their …

Chirality is a fundamental characteristic of natural molecules and a crucial factor in the
biochemical reactions of living cells and organisms. Recently, researchers have successfully …

Thiolate-protected metal nanoclusters (or thiolated metal NCs) have recently emerged as a
promising class of functional materials because of their well-defined molecular structures …

Copper nanoclusters (CuNCs) exhibit a high tendency to undergo oxidation particularly at
the subnanometer size regime. In the light of overcoming this bottleneck, we have been …

Biomolecule‐templated or biotemplated metal nanoclusters (NCs) are ultrasmall (< 2 nm)
metal (Au, Ag) particles stabilized by a certain type of biomolecular template (eg, peptides …

Luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been established as next-generation
fluorophores. Their biocompatible and non-toxic nature, along with excellent chemical-and …

Fluorescent metal nano-clusters with size-dependent properties have emerged as the next
generation fluorophores with versatile applications. In this article, we give a brief overview …

The use of proteins as biomolecular templates to synthesize atomically precise metal
nanoclusters has been gaining traction due to their appealing properties such as …

Well-designed gold nanoclusters–indocyanine green nanoprobes (Au NCs–INPs) have
been developed by the conjugation of Au NC assemblies with indocyanine green (ICG) for …

Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) synthesized within a protein (Human Serum Albumin, HSA)
template exhibited intense red luminescence accompanied by a quantum yield> 10% and …