Photoluminescent nanoparticles for chemical and biological analysis and imaging

WR Algar, M Massey, K Rees, R Higgins… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

Ultrasmall coinage metal nanoclusters as promising theranostic probes for biomedical applications

G Yang, Z Wang, F Du, F Jiang, X Yuan… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultrasmall coinage metal nanoclusters (NCs,< 3 nm) have emerged as a novel class of
theranostic probes due to their atomically precise size and engineered physicochemical …

Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes for in vivo bioimaging

S Li, J Wei, Q Yao, X Song, J Xie, H Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoluminescence (PL) imaging has become a fundamental tool in disease diagnosis,
therapeutic evaluation, and surgical navigation applications. However, it remains a big …

Luminescent metal nanoclusters: Biosensing strategies and bioimaging applications

Y Xiao, Z Wu, Q Yao, J Xie - Aggregate, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) are ultrasmall metal‐organic aggregates, composed of a metal
core less than 2 nm and a protecting shell of metal‐organic ligand motifs. The controlled …

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 …

Multifunctional gold nanoclusters for effective targeting, near-infrared fluorescence imaging, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer lymphatic metastasis

Z Pang, W Yan, J Yang, Q Li, Y Guo, D Zhou, X Jiang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Developing effective lymph-node (LN) targeting and imaging probes is crucial for the early
detection and diagnosis of tumor metastasis to improve patient survival. Most current clinical …

Identifying Highly Photoelectrochemical Active Sites of Two Au21 Nanocluster Isomers toward Bright Near-Infrared Electrochemiluminescence

M Hesari, Z Ding - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021 - ACS Publications
Thus far, no correlation between nanocluster structures and their electrochemiluminescence
(ECL) has been identified. Herein, we report how face-centered-cubic and hexagonal close …

Tracking tumor heterogeneity and progression with near‐infrared II fluorophores

Q Xin, H Ma, H Wang, XD Zhang - Exploration, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneous cells are the main feature of tumors with unique genetic and phenotypic
characteristics, which can stimulate differentially the progression, metastasis, and drug …

Intrinsic optical properties and emerging applications of gold nanostructures

Z Guo, G Yu, Z Zhang, Y Han, G Guan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The collective oscillation of free electrons at the nanoscale surface of gold nanostructures is
closely modulated by tuning the size, shape/morphology, phase, composition, hybridization …

Optical imaging in the second near infrared window for vascular bioimaging

Z Wang, X Wang, JB Wan, F Xu, N Zhao, M Chen - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Optical imaging in the second near infrared region (NIR‐II, 1000–1700 nm) provides higher
resolution and deeper penetration depth for accurate and real‐time vascular anatomy, blood …