[HTML][HTML] Tailoring gold nanocluster properties for biomedical applications: from sensing to bioimaging and theranostics

SM Farkhani, P Dehghankelishadi, A Refaat… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gold nanomaterials have emerged as versatile systems which hold a great promise for
several biomedical applications. Among them, gold nanoclusters (AuNCs), ultra-small …

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters

EL Albright, TI Levchenko, VK Kulkarni… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This perspective highlights advances in the preparation and understanding of metal
nanoclusters stabilized by organic ligands with a focus on N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) …

Enantiopure Chiral Au13 Nanoclusters Stabilized by Ditopic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2

EL Albright, S Malola, SI Jacob, H Yi… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A series of chiral Au13 nanoclusters were synthesized via the direct reduction of chiral
dinuclear Au (I) halide complexes ligated by chiral dioxalone-linked bis-N-heterocyclic …

Gold(I)‐N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Synthons in Organometallic Synthesis

T Scattolin, G Tonon, E Botter, SG Guillet… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The prominent role of gold‐N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes in numerous research
areas such as homogeneous (photo) catalysis, medicinal chemistry and materials science …

Thermal Stability and Electronic Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Protected Au13 Nanocluster and Phosphine-Protected Analogues

Z Chen, F Sun, Q Tang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Despite significant advances in manufacturing atomically precise gold nanoclusters
protected by various ligands, there is a limited understanding of the thermal stability …

Reversible Luminochromism of an N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Protected Carbon‐Centered Hexagold(I) Cluster by Solvent and Mechanical Stimuli

LH Foianesi‐Takeshige, XL Pei, P Zhao… - Advanced Optical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Luminochromic gold clusters have potential applications in sensing due to the unique
optical properties arising from their geometric and electronic structures. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Monoarsine-protected icosahedral cluster [Au 13 (AsPh 3) 8 Cl 4]+: comparative studies on ligand effect and surface reactivity with its stibine analogue

JH Yu, ZR Yuan, J Xu, JG Wang, M Azam, TD Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ligand shells of gold nanoclusters play important roles in regulating their molecular and
electronic structures. However, the similar but distinct impacts of the homologous analogues …

Superatomic Aromaticity in Cyclic Superatomic Molecules: Ligand-Protected Penta-Icosahedral [M@Au11]5 (M = Au, Pt) Clusters

J Gao, Y Zhou, C Xu, L Cheng - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Pure or doped gold icosahedra, which can be generally viewed as superatoms, are
promising candidates for cluster-assembled structures. As the first large-scale ring-like gold …

Reactivity Studies of Cyclic Alkyl (Amino) Carbene (cAAC)‐Supported Phosphinidenide with AuCl

E Nag, M Francis, S Roy - European Journal of Inorganic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A neutral octa‐nuclear AuI‐cluster (2) with molecular formula [(Cy‐cAACPAu) 4 (AuCl) 4][Cy‐
cAAC=: C (N‐2, 6‐iPr2C6H3)(C6H10)(CMe2)(CH2)] has been isolated, and structurally …