Atomically precise clusters of noble metals: emerging link between atoms and nanoparticles

I Chakraborty, T Pradeep - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

Gold nanoparticles for in vitro diagnostics

W Zhou, X Gao, D Liu, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
IVD test is a crucial component of clinical care that performs a diagnostic test on biological
samples that have been taken from a living body, such as blood, urine, and tissue.(1) Such …

Gold nanoparticles in chemical and biological sensing

K Saha, SS Agasti, C Kim, X Li, VM Rotello - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Detection of chemical and biological agents plays a fundamental role in
biomedical, forensic and environmental sciences 1− 4 as well as in anti bioterrorism …

Green preparation of carbon dots with papaya as carbon source for effective fluorescent sensing of Iron (III) and Escherichia coli

N Wang, Y Wang, T Guo, T Yang, M Chen… - Biosensors and …, 2016 - Elsevier
A simple one-step hydrothermal green approach was reported for the preparation of carbon
dots (CDs) without any further decoration or modification with papaya powder as natural …

Multivalency as a chemical organization and action principle

C Fasting, CA Schalley, M Weber… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Multivalent interactions can be applied universally for a targeted strengthening of an
interaction between different interfaces or molecules. The binding partners form cooperative …

Ultra-small fluorescent metal nanoclusters: synthesis and biological applications

L Shang, S Dong, GU Nienhaus - Nano today, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent advances in nanotechnology have given rise to a new class of fluorescent labels,
fluorescent metal nanoclusters, eg, Au and Ag. These nanoclusters are of significant interest …

Antibacterial activity of graphene-based materials

S Szunerits, R Boukherroub - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Complications related to infectious diseases have significantly decreased due to the
availability and use of a wide variety of antibiotics and antimicrobial agents. However …

Fluorescent gold nanoclusters: recent advances in sensing and imaging

LY Chen, CW Wang, Z Yuan, HT Chang - Analytical chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) or nanodots (NDs) with sizes smaller than 3 nm are
a specific type of gold nanomaterials. In this review, Au NCs are used to represent …

Functionalized gold nanoparticles: synthesis, properties and applications—a review

S Alex, A Tiwari - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The past few decades have witnessed significant advances in the development of
functionalized gold nanoparticles for applications in various fields such as chemistry …

[PDF][PDF] Intracellular thermometry by using fluorescent gold nanoclusters

L Shang, F Stockmar, N Azadfar… - Angew. Chem., Int …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Cellular processes are exquisitely temperature-dependent because temperature governs
the dynamics and reactivity of the vast number of biomolecules inside cells.[1] Therefore …