Metal nanoclusters: new fluorescent probes for sensors and bioimaging

L Zhang, E Wang - Nano Today, 2014 - Elsevier
Fluorescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) as a new class of fluorophores have attracted more
and more attention due to their unique electronic structures and the subsequent unusual …

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 …

Iridium (III) complex-coated nanosystem for ratiometric upconversion luminescence bioimaging of cyanide anions

J Liu, Y Liu, Q Liu, C Li, L Sun, F Li - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Chromophoric iridium (III) complex-coated NaYF4: 20% Yb, 1.6% Er, 0.4% Tm nanocrystals
are demonstrated as a ratiometric upconversion luminescence (UCL) probe for highly …

Microfluidic systems for pathogen sensing: a review

J Mairhofer, K Roppert, P Ertl - Sensors, 2009 - mdpi.com
Rapid pathogen sensing remains a pressing issue today since conventional identification
methodsare tedious, cost intensive and time consuming, typically requiring from 48 to 72 h …

Biomolecule-stabilized Au nanoclusters as a fluorescence probe for sensitive detection of glucose

L Jin, L Shang, S Guo, Y Fang, D Wen, L Wang… - Biosensors and …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this work, biomolecule-stabilized Au nanoclusters were demonstrated as a novel
fluorescence probe for sensitive and selective detection of glucose. The fluorescence of Au …

Design of fluorescent assays for cyanide and hydrogen peroxide based on the inner filter effect of metal nanoparticles

L Shang, S Dong - Analytical chemistry, 2009 - ACS Publications
We have demonstrated the design of a new type fluorescent assay based on the inner filter
effect (IFE) of metal nanoparticles (NPs), which is conceptually different from the previously …

Nanomaterials towards fabrication of cholesterol biosensors: Key roles and design approaches

U Saxena, AB Das - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2016 - Elsevier
Importance of cholesterol biosensors is already recognized in the clinical diagnosis of
cardiac and brain vascular diseases as discernible from the enormous amount of research …

[HTML][HTML] A chemiluminescent method for the detection of H2O2 and glucose based on intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of WS2 quantum dots

MH Irani-nezhad, A Khataee, J Hassanzadeh, Y Orooji - Molecules, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Currently, researchers are looking for nanomaterials with peroxidase-like activity to replace
natural peroxidase enzymes. For this purpose, WS 2 quantum dots (WS 2 QDs) were …

LSPR‐based colorimetric biosensing for food quality and safety

W Wang, Y You, S Gunasekaran - Comprehensive Reviews in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ensuring consistently high quality and safety is paramount to food producers and consumers
alike. Wet chemistry and microbiological methods provide accurate results, but those …

Synthesis of palladium nanoparticles and their applications for surface-enhanced Raman scattering and electrocatalysis

H Chen, G Wei, A Ispas, SG Hickey… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of Pd nanoparticles (NPs) in solution and on surfaces through a seed-
mediated growth route is reported. For the Pd NPs synthesized in solution, the diameters of …