Carbon nanodots-based fluorescent turn-on sensor array for biothiols

Y Wu, X Liu, Q Wu, J Yi, G Zhang - Analytical Chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biothiols play important roles in biological processes. In this study, a novel sensor array-
based method was proposed to detect and differentiate biothiols. The sensor array was …

The emergence of mass spectrometry for characterizing nanomaterials. Atomically precise nanoclusters and beyond

C Comby-Zerbino, X Dagany, F Chirot, P Dugourd… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Mass spectrometry (MS) is widely used in molecular science, and is now emerging as a
characterization technique for ultra-small nanoparticles. In the field of atomically precise …

Interactions of coinage metal nanoclusters with low-molecular-weight biocompounds

AA Buglak, MT Nguyen - Biophysical Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Nowadays, coinage metal nanoclusters (NCs) are largely presented in diagnostics,
bioimaging, and biocatalysis due to their high biocompatibility, chemical stability, and …

Silver cluster interactions with tyrosine: towards amino acid detection

AA Buglak, AI Kononov - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tyrosine (Tyr) is involved in the synthesis of neurotransmitters, catecholamines, thyroid
hormones, etc. Multiple pathologies are associated with impaired Tyr metabolism. Silver …

Fluorescent silver clusters on protein templates: understanding their structure

TS Sych, ZV Reveguk, VA Pomogaev… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) stabilized by natural proteins are of special interest
in bioimaging applications. However, the detailed structure of the protein-templated NCs …

Theoretical design of new class of optical materials based on small noble metal nanocluster-biomolecule hybrids and its potential for medical applications

V Bonačić-Koutecký - Advances in Physics: X, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The unique linear and non-linear optical (NLO) properties of small noble metal nanoclusters
in hybrid systems formed with peptides will be overviewed. Focus is on two aspects based …

Silver nanoparticles with low cytotoxicity: controlled synthesis and surface modification with histidine

G Hu, G Liang, W Zhang, W Jin, Y Zhang… - Journal of materials …, 2018 - Springer
Due to the controlled release of Ag+, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) not only display excellent
anticancer activity but also possess cytotoxicity on normal cells. Up to now, no efficient …

DFT calculations to investigate silver ions as a virucide from SARS-CoV-2

JSM Rodrigues, AM Rodrigues… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
The world has face the COVID-19 pandemic which has already caused millions of death.
Due to the urgency in fighting the virus, we study five residues of free amino acids present in …

Excitation spectra of Ag3–DNA bases complexes: a benchmark study

DA Maksimov, VA Pomogaev, AI Kononov - Chemical Physics Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Assessment of different ab initio and TDDFT methods was studied for calculation of the
excitation energies of the complexes of pyrimidine bases with positively charged Ag 3+ …

Effect of Ag+ on the Excited-State Properties of a Gas-Phase (Cytosine)2Ag+ Complex: Electronic Transition and Estimated Lifetime

M Berdakin, G Féraud… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Recently, DNA molecules have received great attention because of their potential
applications in material science. One interesting example is the production of highly …