Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters, commonly termed 'monolayer-protected metal
clusters'(MPCs), comprise a common set of structures with an inorganic core stabilized by an …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are used in various biological applications because of their
small surface area-to-volume ratios, ease of synthesis and modification, low toxicity, and …

Abstract Ultrasmall (< 2 nm) ligand-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been an
emerging class of functional materials with rich coordination chemistry, finding increasing …

Nanotechnology is a rapidly evolving discipline as it has a wide variety of applications in
several fields. They have been synthesized in a variety of ways. Traditional processes such …

In the past years, laser ablation synthesis in solution (LASiS) emerged as a reliable
alternative to traditional chemical reduction methods for obtaining noble metal nanoparticles …

Colloidal gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), with unique properties such as highly resonant
particle plasmons, direct visualization of single nanoclusters by scattering of light, catalytic …

A one-step homogeneous immunoassay for the detection of a prostate cancer biomarker,
free-PSA (prostate specific antigen), was developed using gold nanoparticle probes coupled …

In this work, we developed an optical enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
immunoassay for the analysis of CA15-3 antigen, an important biomarker present in blood …

Development of a central paradigm is undoubtedly the single most influential force
responsible for advancing Dalton's 19th century atomic/molecular chemistry concepts to the …

We report a one-pot method for synthesizing atomically monodisperse Au25 nanoclusters
stabilized with various functionalized thiols. This approach permits facile incorporation of …