Optical imaging in disease diagnosis and treatment benefits from high spatiotemporal
resolution and the availability of numerous optical agents. However, many optical imaging …

For the past two decades, atomic gold nanoclusters (AuNCs, ultrasmall clusters of several to
100 gold atoms, having a total diameter of< 2 nm) have emerged as promising agents in the …

Biosafety is the primary concern in clinical translation of nanomedicine. As an intrinsic
ingredient of human blood without immunogenicity and encouraged by its successful clinical …

The present communication summarizes the importance, understanding and advancement
in the photothermal therapy of cancer using gold nanoparticles. Photothermal therapy was …

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 …

Computed tomography (CT), a diagnostic tool with clinical application, comprehensive
coverage, and low cost, is used in hospitals worldwide. However, CT imaging fails to …

This critical review focuses on recent advances in the bio-inspired synthesis of metal
nanomaterials (MNMs) using microorganisms, viruses, plants, proteins and DNA molecules …

Development of multifunctional nanomaterials, one of the most interesting and advanced
research areas in the field of nanotechnology, is anticipated to revolutionize cancer …

Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are a type of ultrasmall nanomaterials with unique
physicochemical properties. Novel nanocomposites with exciting new and sometimes exotic …

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 …