Due to their atomically precise structures and intriguing chemical/physical properties, metal
nanoclusters are an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. Photo-luminescence (PL) is …

The development of polymeric luminescent nanomaterials for biomedical applications has
recently attracted a large amount of attention due to the remarkable advantages of these …

Since the last two decades, protein conjugated fluorescent gold nanoclusters (NCs) owe
much attention in the field of medical and nanobiotechnology due to their excellent photo …

Near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging is an attractive modality for early cancer
detection with high sensitivity and multi-detection capability. Due to convenient modification …

Ultrasmall metal nanoclusters (NCs) have attracted increasing attention due to their
fascinating physicochemical properties. Today, functional metal NCs are finding growing …

Photophysics of atomically precise metal nanoclusters (MNCs) is an emerging area of
research due to their potential applications in optoelectronics, photovoltaics, sensing, bio …

Understanding the excited-state dynamics of nanomaterials is essential to their applications
in photoenergy storage and conversion. This review summarizes recent progress in the …

Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) with molecular-like structure have attracted widespread attention
owing to their distinctive photoelectrical properties. However, the weak emission and …

Carbon dots (CDs) have been widely used for the preparation of multifunctional probes by
conjugation with organic fluorescent dyes. However, the effect of organic fluorescent dyes …

Conspectus From size-dependent luminescence to localized surface plasmon resonances,
the optical properties that emerge from common materials with nanoscale dimensions have …