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Enhanced Plasmon Based Ag and Au Nanosystems and Their Improved Biomedical Impacts. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12050589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Numerous specialists and academics have backed the improved physicochemical characteristics of metal substrate (Ag, Au) based composite nanoparticles for a number of applications, including pharmaceuticals, optoelectronics, and environmental impact. Insights of Ag and Au NPs-based nanomaterials will be discussed, as well as important production, physicochemical, and biotechnological characteristics. The plasmon capacities of Ag and Au NPs, along with their customisable form, scale, and surface modification could be described by specified geometries and constituent contents. It was revealed that interaction dynamics of Ag and Au implanted nanomaterials with dopants/defects ratios seem to be more effective in stimulating pathogens by interrupting biochemical reactions. As a result, we focus on defect science in Ag and Au-based nanoscale materials, taking into account surface morphology, ionic packing, and chemical phase assessment. This chapter will cover the important optical, geometrical, and physicochemical features of Ag and Au nanomaterials, and their pharmacological significance.
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Sonia, Komal, Kukreti S, Kaushik M. Gold nanoclusters: An ultrasmall platform for multifaceted applications. Talanta 2021; 234:122623. [PMID: 34364432 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) with a core size below 2 nm form an exciting class of functional nano-materials with characteristic physical and chemical properties. The properties of Au NCs are more prominent and extremely different from their bulk counterparts. The synthesis of Au NCs is generally assisted by template or ligand, which impart excellent cluster stability and high quantum yield. The tunable and sensitive physicochemical properties of Au NCs open horizons for their advanced applications in various interdisciplinary fields. In this review, we briefly summarize the solution phase synthesis and origin of the characteristic properties of Au NCs. A vast review of recent research work introducing biosensors based on Au NCs has been presented along with their specifications and detection limits. This review also highlights recent progress in the use of Au NCs as bio-imaging probe, enzyme mimic, temperature sensing probe and catalysts. A speculation on present challenges and certain future prospects have also been provided to enlighten the path for advancement of multifaceted applications of Au NCs.
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- Sonia
- Nano-bioconjugate Chemistry Lab, Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi, India; Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Nano-bioconjugate Chemistry Lab, Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi, India; Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Nano-bioconjugate Chemistry Lab, Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
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Sabbarwal S, Dubey AK, Pandey M, Kumar M. Synthesis of biocompatible, BSA capped fluorescent CaCO 3 pre-nucleation nanoclusters for cell imaging applications. J Mater Chem B 2021; 8:5729-5744. [PMID: 32515763 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00881h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Novel, photostable, multicolour fluorescent, highly biocompatible, water soluble, BSA capped pre-nucleation CaCO3 nanoclusters (FCPN) (∼1.3 nm) are developed using a facile biomineralization process. M. oleifera leaf extract and BSA protein are used as sources of ascorbic acid and capping agent, respectively. The developed FCPN shows fluorescence in the blue, green, and yellow/red region with an average life time of 1.05, 6.23 and 30.60 ns, respectively. The MALDI-MS measurements reveal that these nanoclusters are 16, 50, 73, 222 and 936 molecules big. These FCPN, when incubated (up to 7 days) with MG-63 cells, demonstrate an increase in cell viability percentage with time period as compared to their control samples. Furthermore, these incubated cells were investigated using confocal microscopy to estimate the FCPN diffusion penetration depth using CTCF analysis. It has been observed that blue and green emitting FCPN penetrated 6 μm, whereas red emitting FCPN traversed only 4 μm. The relative quantum yield (Rhodamine 6G = 0.92) of FCPN for green emission was found to be 0.0175 in water. The prepared nanoclusters displayed four months shelf-life. These FCPN were prepared using an environmentally benign, inexpensive, green synthetic route without using toxic reducing agents. Furthermore, the current report discusses the detailed results, obtained from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, MALDI-MS, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV-visible, fluorescence spectroscopy, lifetime measurements, electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and confocal microscopy.
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- Shivesh Sabbarwal
- Nano & Micro System Fabrication and Design Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi-221005, India
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- Department of Ceramic Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi-221005, India
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- Nano & Micro System Fabrication and Design Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi-221005, India and School of Biomedical Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi-221005, India.
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Rad AT, Bao Y, Jang HS, Xia Y, Sharma H, Dormidontova EE, Zhao J, Arora J, John VT, Tang BZ, Dainese T, Hariri A, Jokerst JV, Maran F, Nieh MP. Aggregation-Enhanced Photoluminescence and Photoacoustics of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters in Lipid Nanodiscs (NANO 2). ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2021; 31:2009750. [PMID: 34366760 PMCID: PMC8341053 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202009750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The authors designed a structurally stable nano-in-nano (NANO2) system highly capable of bioimaging via an aggregation-enhanced NIR excited emission and photoacoustic response achieved based on atomically precise gold nanoclusters protected by linear thiolated ligands [Au25(SC n H2n+1)18, n = 4-16] encapsulated in discoidal phospholipid bicelles through a one-pot synthesis. The detailed morphological characterization of NANO2 is conducted using cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, small/wide angle X-ray scattering with the support of molecular dynamics simulations, providing information on the location of Au nanoclusters in NANO2. The photoluminescence observed for NANO2 is 20-60 times more intense than that of the free Au nanoclusters, with both excitation and emission wavelengths in the near-infrared range, and the photoacoustic signal is more than tripled. The authors attribute this newly discovered aggregation-enhanced photoluminescence and photoacoustic signals to the restriction of intramolecular motion of the clusters' ligands. With the advantages of biocompatibility and high cellular uptake, NANO2 is potentially applicable for both in vitro and in vivo imaging, as the authors demonstrate with NIR excited emission from in vitro A549 human lung and the KB human cervical cancer cells.
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- Armin Tahmasbi Rad
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Center for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova 35131, Italy
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA, Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova 35131, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Yao Q, Wu Z, Liu Z, Lin Y, Yuan X, Xie J. Molecular reactivity of thiolate-protected noble metal nanoclusters: synthesis, self-assembly, and applications. Chem Sci 2020; 12:99-127. [PMID: 34163584 PMCID: PMC8178751 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04620e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Thiolate-protected noble metal (e.g., Au and Ag) nanoclusters (NCs) are ultra-small particles with a core size of less than 3 nm. Due to the strong quantum confinement effects and diverse atomic packing modes in this ultra-small size regime, noble metal NCs exhibit numerous molecule-like optical, magnetic, and electronic properties, making them an emerging family of "metallic molecules". Based on such molecule-like structures and properties, an individual noble metal NC behaves as a molecular entity in many chemical reactions, and exhibits structurally sensitive molecular reactivity to various ions, molecules, and other metal NCs. Although this molecular reactivity determines the application of NCs in various fields such as sensors, biomedicine, and catalysis, there is still a lack of systematic summary of the molecular interaction/reaction fundamentals of noble metal NCs at the molecular and atomic levels in the current literature. Here, we discuss the latest progress in understanding and exploiting the molecular interactions/reactions of noble metal NCs in their synthesis, self-assembly and application scenarios, based on the typical M(0)@M(i)-SR core-shell structure scheme, where M and SR are the metal atom and thiolate ligand, respectively. In particular, the continuous development of synthesis and characterization techniques has enabled noble metal NCs to be produced with molecular purity and atomically precise structural resolution. Such molecular purity and atomically precise structure, coupled with the great help of theoretical calculations, have revealed the active sites in various structural hierarchies of noble metal NCs (e.g., M(0) core, M-S interface, and SR ligand) for their molecular interactions/reactions. The anatomy of such molecular interactions/reactions of noble metal NCs in synthesis, self-assembly, and applications (e.g., sensors, biomedicine, and catalysis) constitutes another center of our discussion. The basis and practicality of the molecular interactions/reactions of noble metal NCs exemplified in this Review may increase the acceptance of metal NCs in various fields.
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- Qiaofeng Yao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University Binhai New City Fuzhou China 350207
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University Binhai New City Fuzhou China 350207
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao China 266042
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University Binhai New City Fuzhou China 350207
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Tang J, Shi H, Ma G, Luo L, Tang Z. Ultrasmall Au and Ag Nanoclusters for Biomedical Applications: A Review. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:1019. [PMID: 33163475 PMCID: PMC7580872 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.01019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Noble metal (e.g., Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, and their alloys) nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new type of functional nanomaterial in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Owing to their unique properties, such as their ultrasmall dimension, enhanced photoluminescence, low toxicity, and excellent biocompatibility, noble metal NCs-especially Au and Ag NCs-have found various applications in biomedical regimes. This review summarizes the recent advances made in employing ultrasmall Au and Ag NCs for biomedical applications, with particular emphasis on bioimaging and biosensing, anti-microbial applications, and tumor targeting and cancer treatment. Challenges, including the shared and specific challenges for Au and Ag NC toward biomedical applications, and future directions are briefly discussed at the end.
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- Jia Tang
- Medical Genetics Center, Jiangmen Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Jiangmen, China
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- Medical Genetics Center, Jiangmen Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Jiangmen, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, School of Environment and Energy, New Energy Research Institute, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, School of Environment and Energy, New Energy Research Institute, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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Kundu S, Ghosh B, Nandi S, Ghosh M, Pyne A, Chatterjee J, Sarkar N. Surface Ligand-Controlled Wavelength-Tunable Luminescence of Gold Nanoclusters: Cellular Imaging and Smart Fluorescent Probes for Amyloid Detection. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:4282-4293. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sangita Kundu
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- School of Medicinal Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- School of Medicinal Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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Maity S, Bain D, Patra A. An overview on the current understanding of the photophysical properties of metal nanoclusters and their potential applications. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:22685-22723. [PMID: 31774095 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr07963g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Photophysics of atomically precise metal nanoclusters (MNCs) is an emerging area of research due to their potential applications in optoelectronics, photovoltaics, sensing, bio-imaging and catalysis. An overview of the recent advances in the photophysical properties of MNCs is presented in this review. To begin with, we illustrate general synthesis methodologies of MNCs using direct reduction, chemical etching, ligand exchange, metal exchange and intercluster reaction. Due to strong quantum confinement, the NCs possess unique electronic properties such as discrete optical absorption, intense photoluminescence (PL), molecular-like electron dynamics and non-linear optical behavior. Discussions have also been carried out to unveil the influence of the core size, nature of ligands, heteroatom doping, and surrounding environments on the optical absorption and photophysical properties of metal clusters. Recent findings reveal that the excited-state dynamics, nonlinear optical properties and aggregation induced emission of metal clusters offer exciting opportunities for potential applications. We discuss briefly about their versatile applications in optoelectronics, sensing, catalysis and bio-imaging. Finally, the future perspective of this research field is given.
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- Subarna Maity
- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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Kundu S, Mukherjee D, Maiti TK, Sarkar N. Highly Luminescent Thermoresponsive Green Emitting Gold Nanoclusters for Intracellular Nanothermometry and Cellular Imaging: A Dual Function Optical Probe. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 2:2078-2091. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Abbas MA, Yoon SJ, Kim H, Lee J, Kamat PV, Bang JH. Ag(I)-Thiolate-Protected Silver Nanoclusters for Solar Cells: Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Look into the Photoelectrode/Electrolyte Interface. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:12492-12503. [PMID: 30838846 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Intrinsic low stability and short excited lifetimes associated with Ag nanoclusters (NCs) are major hurdles that have prevented the full utilization of the many advantages of Ag NCs over their longtime contender, Au NCs, in light energy conversion systems. In this report, we diagnosed the problems of conventional thiolated Ag NCs used for solar cell applications and developed a new synthesis route to form aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-type Ag NCs that can significantly overcome these limitations. A series of Ag(0)/Ag(I)-thiolate core/shell-structured NCs with different core sizes were explored for photoelectrodes, and the nature of the two important interfacial events occurring in Ag NC-sensitized solar cells (photoinduced electron transfer and charge recombination) were unveiled by in-depth spectroscopic and electrochemical analyses. This work reveals that the subtle interplay between the light absorbing capability, charge separation dynamics, and charge recombination kinetics in the photoelectrode dictates the solar cell performance. In addition, we demonstrate significant improvement in the photocurrent stability and light conversion efficiency that have not been achieved previously. Our comprehensive understanding of the critical parameters that limit the light conversion efficiency lays a foundation on which new principles for designing Ag NCs for efficient light energy conversion can be built.
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- Muhammad A Abbas
- Nanosensor Research Institute , Hanyang University , 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro , Sangnok-gu, Ansan , Gyeonggi-do 15588 , Republic of Korea
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- Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Duksung Women's University , Seoul 01369 , Republic of Korea
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- Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Nanosensor Research Institute , Hanyang University , 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro , Sangnok-gu, Ansan , Gyeonggi-do 15588 , Republic of Korea
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Pan Y, Li Q, Zhou Q, Zhang W, Yue P, Xu C, Qin X, Yu H, Zhu M. Cancer cell specific fluorescent methionine protected gold nanoclusters for in-vitro cell imaging studies. Talanta 2018; 188:259-265. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.05.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Xu J, Shang L. Emerging applications of near-infrared fluorescent metal nanoclusters for biological imaging. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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King SM, Claire S, Teixeira RI, Dosumu AN, Carrod AJ, Dehghani H, Hannon MJ, Ward AD, Bicknell R, Botchway SW, Hodges NJ, Pikramenou Z. Iridium Nanoparticles for Multichannel Luminescence Lifetime Imaging, Mapping Localization in Live Cancer Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:10242-10249. [PMID: 30032598 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The development of long-lived luminescent nanoparticles for lifetime imaging is of wide interest as luminescence lifetime is environmentally sensitive detection independent of probe concentration. We report novel iridium-coated gold nanoparticles as probes for multiphoton lifetime imaging with characteristic long luminescent lifetimes based on iridium luminescence in the range of hundreds of nanoseconds and a short signal on the scale of picoseconds based on gold allowing multichannel detection. The tailor-made IrC6 complex forms stable, water-soluble gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of 13, 25, and 100 nm, bearing 1400, 3200, and 22 000 IrC6 complexes per AuNP, respectively. The sensitivity of the iridium signal on the environment of the cell is evidenced with an observed variation of lifetimes. Clusters of iridium nanoparticles show lifetimes from 450 to 590 ns while lifetimes of 660 and 740 ns are an average of different points in the cytoplasm and nucleus. Independent luminescence lifetime studies of the nanoparticles in different media and under aggregation conditions postulate that the unusual long lifetimes observed can be attributed to interaction with proteins rather than nanoparticle aggregation. Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRF), confocal microscopy studies and 3D luminescence lifetime stacks confirm the presence of bright, nonaggregated nanoparticles inside the cell. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) analysis further supports the presence of the nanoparticles in cells. The iridium-coated nanoparticles provide new nanoprobes for lifetime detection with dual channel monitoring. The combination of the sensitivity of the iridium signal to the cell environment together with the nanoscaffold to guide delivery offer opportunities for iridium nanoparticles for targeting and tracking in in vivo models.
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Research Complex Harwell, STFC, Didcot OX11 0QT , United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Research Complex Harwell, STFC, Didcot OX11 0QT , United Kingdom
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Zhang KY, Yu Q, Wei H, Liu S, Zhao Q, Huang W. Long-Lived Emissive Probes for Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Bioimaging and Biosensing. Chem Rev 2018; 118:1770-1839. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 479] [Impact Index Per Article: 79.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Kenneth Yin Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
- Shaanxi
Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi’an 710072, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced
Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for
Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211800, P. R. China
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Khandelwal P, Poddar P. Fluorescent metal quantum clusters: an updated overview of the synthesis, properties, and biological applications. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:9055-9084. [DOI: 10.1039/c7tb02320k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A brief history of metal quantum clusters, their synthesis methods, physical properties, and an updated overview of their applications is provided.
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- Puneet Khandelwal
- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division
- CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
- Pune – 411008
- India
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- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division
- CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
- Pune – 411008
- India
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Coordination-induced decomposition of luminescent gold nanoparticles: sensitive detection of H2O2 and glucose. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 409:1635-1641. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-0108-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Dengchao Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Queens College-CUNY, Flushing New York 11367 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Queens College-CUNY, Flushing New York 11367 United States
- The Graduate Center of CUNY New York NY 10016
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Queens College-CUNY, Flushing New York 11367 United States
- The Graduate Center of CUNY New York NY 10016
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Queens College-CUNY, Flushing New York 11367 United States
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Jin R, Zeng C, Zhou M, Chen Y. Atomically Precise Colloidal Metal Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and Opportunities. Chem Rev 2016; 116:10346-413. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1953] [Impact Index Per Article: 244.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Rongchao Jin
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Liu J, Duchesne PN, Yu M, Jiang X, Ning X, Vinluan RD, Zhang P, Zheng J. Luminescent Gold Nanoparticles with Size-Independent Emission. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:8894-8. [PMID: 27348584 PMCID: PMC5075281 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Size-independent emission has been widely observed for ultrasmall thiolated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) but our understanding of the photoluminescence mechanisms of noble metals on the nanoscale has remained limited. Herein, we report how the emission wavelength of a AuNP and the local binding geometry of a thiolate ligand (glutathione) on the AuNP are correlated, as these AuNPs emit at different wavelengths in spite of their identical size (ca. 2.5 nm). By using circular dichroism, X-ray absorption, and fluorescence spectroscopy, we found that a high Au-S coordination number (CN) and a high surface coverage resulted in strong Au(I) -ligand charge transfer, a chiral conformation, and 600 nm emission, whereas a low Au-S CN and a low surface coverage led to weak charge transfer, an achiral conformation, and 810 nm emission. These two size-independent emissions can be integrated into one single 2.5 nm AuNP by fine-tuning of the surface coverage; a ratiometric pH response was then observed owing to strong energy transfer between two emission centers, opening up new possibilities for the design of ultrasmall ratiometric pH nanoindicators.
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- Jinbin Liu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Rd., Halifax, N, S, B3H 4J3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Rd., Halifax, N, S, B3H 4J3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
- Department of Urology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
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Liu J, Duchesne PN, Yu M, Jiang X, Ning X, Vinluan RD, Zhang P, Zheng J. Luminescent Gold Nanoparticles with Size-Independent Emission. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201602795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jinbin Liu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The University of Texas at Dallas; 800 W. Campbell Rd. Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; Dalhousie University; 6274 Coburg Rd. Halifax, N S B3H 4J3 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The University of Texas at Dallas; 800 W. Campbell Rd. Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The University of Texas at Dallas; 800 W. Campbell Rd. Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The University of Texas at Dallas; 800 W. Campbell Rd. Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The University of Texas at Dallas; 800 W. Campbell Rd. Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; Dalhousie University; 6274 Coburg Rd. Halifax, N S B3H 4J3 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The University of Texas at Dallas; 800 W. Campbell Rd. Richardson TX 75080 USA
- Department of Urology; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas TX 75390 USA
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Wang T, Wang D, Padelford JW, Jiang J, Wang G. Near-Infrared Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence from Aqueous Soluble Lipoic Acid Au Nanoclusters. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:6380-3. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Tanyu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, United States
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Tian R, Yan D, Li C, Xu S, Liang R, Guo L, Wei M, Evans DG, Duan X. Surface-confined fluorescence enhancement of Au nanoclusters anchoring to a two-dimensional ultrathin nanosheet toward bioimaging. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:9815-9821. [PMID: 27119975 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr01624c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) as ultrasmall fluorescent nanomaterials possess discrete electronic energy and unique physicochemical properties, but suffer from relatively low quantum yield (QY) which severely affects their application in displays and imaging. To solve this conundrum and obtain highly-efficient fluorescent emission, 2D exfoliated layered double hydroxide (ELDH) nanosheets were employed to localize Au NCs with a density as high as 5.44 × 10(13) cm(-2), by virtue of the surface confinement effect of ELDH. Both experimental studies and computational simulations testify that the excited electrons of Au NCs are strongly confined by MgAl-ELDH nanosheets, which results in a largely promoted QY as well as prolonged fluorescence lifetime (both ∼7 times enhancement). In addition, the as-fabricated Au NC/ELDH hybrid material exhibits excellent imaging properties with good stability and biocompatibility in the intracellular environment. Therefore, this work provides a facile strategy to achieve highly luminescent Au NCs via surface-confined emission enhancement imposed by ultrathin inorganic nanosheets, which can be potentially used in bio-imaging and cell labelling.
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- Rui Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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Chen L, Zhang Y, Jiang H, Wang X, Liu C. Cytidine Mediated AuAg Nanoclusters as Bright Fluorescent Probe for Tumor Imagingin vivo. CHINESE J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201500748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Fujita T, Kanoko Y, Ito Y, Chen L, Hirata A, Kashani H, Iwatsu O, Chen M. Nanoporous Metal Papers for Scalable Hierarchical Electrode. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2015; 2:1500086. [PMID: 27980966 PMCID: PMC5115420 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201500086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2015] [Revised: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nanoporous metals similar to paper in form are developed using Japanese washi paper as a template to create hierarchical porous electrodes. This method is used to create a trimodal -nanoporous Au electrode, as a well as a hierarchical NiMn electrode that achieves high electrochemical capacitance and a rapid rate of oxygen evolution.
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- Takeshi Fujita
- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan; PRESTO Japan Science and Technology Agency Saitama 332-0012 Japan
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- Taisei-Kogyo Co. Ltd 26-1 Ikeda-kita Neyagawa Osaka 572-0073 Japan
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- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- Taisei-Kogyo Co. Ltd 26-1 Ikeda-kita Neyagawa Osaka 572-0073 Japan
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- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan; State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites School of Materials Science and Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200030 China
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García Fernández J, Trapiella-Alfonso L, Costa-Fernández JM, Pereiro R, Sanz-Medel A. Aqueous synthesis of near-infrared highly fluorescent platinum nanoclusters. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 26:215601. [PMID: 25944823 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/21/215601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A one-step synthesis of near infrared fluorescent platinum nanoclusters (PtNCs) in aqueous medium is described. The proposed optimized procedure for PtNC synthesis is rather simple, fast and it is based on the direct metal reduction with NaBH4. Bidentated thiol ligands (lipoic acid) were selected as nanoclusters stabilizers in water media. The structural characterization revealed attractive features of the PtNCs, including small size, high water solubility, near-infrared luminescence centered at 680 nm, long-term stability and the highest quantum yield in water reported so far (47%) for PtNCs. Moreover, their stability in different pH media and an ionic strength of 0.2 M NaCl was studied and no significant changes in fluorescence emission were detected. In brief, they offer a new type of fluorescent noble metal nanoprobe with a great potential to be applied in several fields, including biolabeling and imaging experiments.
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- Jenifer García Fernández
- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo, E-33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Han Y, Ding C, Zhou J, Tian Y. Single Probe for Imaging and Biosensing of pH, Cu(2+) Ions, and pH/Cu(2+) in Live Cells with Ratiometric Fluorescence Signals. Anal Chem 2015; 87:5333-9. [PMID: 25898074 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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It is very essential to disentangle the complicated inter-relationship between pH and Cu in the signal transduction and homeostasis. To this end, reporters that can display distinct signals to pH and Cu are highly valuable. Unfortunately, there is still no report on the development of biosensors that can simultaneously respond to pH and Cu(2+), to the best of our knowledge. In this work, we developed a single fluorescent probe, AuNC@FITC@DEAC (AuNC, gold cluster; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; DEAC, 7-diethylaminocoumarin-3-carboxylic acid), for biosensing of pH, Cu(2+), and pH/Cu(2+) with different ratiometric fluorescent signals. First, 2,2',2″-(2,2',2″-nitrilotris(ethane-2,1-diyl)tris((pyridin-2-yl-methyl)azanediyl))triethanethiol (TPAASH) was designed for specific recognition of Cu(2+), as well as for organic ligand to synthesize fluorescent AuNCs. Then, pH-sensitive molecule, FITC emitting at 518 nm, and inner reference molecule, DEAC with emission peak at 472 nm, were simultaneously conjugated on the surface of AuNCs emitting at 722 nm, thus, constructing a single fluorescent probe, AuNC@FITC@DEAC, to sensing pH, Cu(2+), and pH/Cu(2+) excited by 405 nm light. The developed probe exhibited high selectivity and accuracy for independent determination of pH and Cu(2+) against reactive oxygen species (ROS), other metal ions, amino acids, and even copper-containing proteins. The AuNC-based inorganic-organic probe with good cell-permeability and high biocompatibility was eventually applied in monitoring both pH and Cu(2+) and in understanding the interplaying roles of Cu(2+) and pH in live cells by ratiometric multicolor fluorescent imaging.
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- Yingying Han
- †Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- †Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- †Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- †Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China.,‡Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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Helmbrecht C, Lützenkirchen-Hecht D, Frank W. Microwave-assisted synthesis of water-soluble, fluorescent gold nanoclusters capped with small organic molecules and a revealing fluorescence and X-ray absorption study. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:4978-4983. [PMID: 25692478 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr07051h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Colourless solutions of blue light-emitting, water-soluble gold nanoclusters (AuNC) were synthesized from gold colloids under microwave irradiation using small organic molecules as ligands. Stabilized by 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (TPA) or L-glutamine (GLU), fluorescence quantum yields up to 5% were obtained. AuNC are considered to be very promising for biological labelling, optoelectronic devices and light-emitting materials but the structure-property relationships have still not been fully clarified. To expand the knowledge about the AuNC apart from their fluorescent properties they were studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy elucidating the oxidation state of the nanoclusters' gold atoms. Based on curve fitting of the XANES spectra in comparison to several gold references, optically transparent fluorescent AuNC are predicted to be ligand-stabilized Au5(+) species. Additionally, their near edge structure compared with analogous results of polynuclear clusters known from the literature discloses an increasing intensity of the feature close to the absorption edge with decreasing cluster size. As a result, a linear relationship between the cluster size and the X-ray absorption coefficient can be established for the first time.
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- C Helmbrecht
- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institut für Anorganische und Strukturchemie, Lehrstuhl II: Material- und Strukturforschung, Universitätsstraße 1, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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Conroy CV, Jiang J, Zhang C, Ahuja T, Tang Z, Prickett CA, Yang JJ, Wang G. Enhancing near IR luminescence of thiolate Au nanoclusters by thermo treatments and heterogeneous subcellular distributions. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:7416-7423. [PMID: 24879334 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr00827h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A five-to-ten fold enhancement, up to ca. 5-10% quantum efficiency, of near IR luminescence from monothiolate protected gold nanoclusters was achieved by heating in the presence of excess ligand thiols. An emission maximum in the 700-900 nm range makes these Au nanoclusters superior for bioimaging applications over other emissions centered below 650 nm due to reduced background interference, albeit visible emissions could have higher quantum efficiency. The heating procedure is shown to be effective to improve the luminescence of Au nanoclusters synthesized under a variety of conditions using two types of monothiols: mercaptosuccinic acid and tiopronin. Therefore, this heating method is believed to be a generalizable approach to improve the near IR luminescence of aqueous soluble Au nanoclusters, which enables better bioimaging applications. The high quantum yield is found relatively stable over a wide pH range. PEGylation of the Au nanoclusters reduces their quantum efficiency but improves their permeation into the cytoplasm. Interestingly, z-stack confocal analysis clearly reveals the presence of Au nanoclusters inside the cell nucleus in single cell imaging. The finding addresses controversial literature reports and demonstrates the internalization and heterogeneous subcellular distributions, particularly inside the nucleus. The high luminescence intensity, small overall dimension, cell and nuclear distribution, chemical stability and low-to-non toxicity make these Au nanoclusters promising probes for broad cell dynamics and imaging applications.
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- Cecil V Conroy
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA.
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Sun S, Zhou C, Chen S, Liu J, Yu J, Chilek J, Zhao L, Yu M, Vinluan R, Huang B, Zheng J. Surface-chemistry effect on cellular response of luminescent plasmonic silver nanoparticles. Bioconjug Chem 2014; 25:453-9. [PMID: 24559325 PMCID: PMC3983130 DOI: 10.1021/bc500008a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cellular response of inorganic nanoparticles
(NPs) is strongly
dependent on their surface chemistry. By taking advantage of robust
single-particle fluorescence and giant Raman enhancements of unique
polycrystalline silver NPs (AgNPs), we quantitatively investigated
effects of two well-known surface chemistries, passive PEGylation
and active c-RGD peptide conjugation, on in vitro behaviors of AgNPs at high temporal and spatial resolution as well
as chemical level using fluorescence and Raman microscopy. The results
show that specific c-RGD peptide−αvβ3 integrin interactions not only induced endosome formation
more rapidly, enhanced constrained diffusion, but also minimized nonspecific
chemical interactions between the NPs and intracellular biomolecules
than passive PEGylation chemistry; as a result, surface enhanced Raman
scattering (SERS) signals of c-RGD peptides were well resolved inside
endosomes in the live cells, while Raman signals of PEGylated AgNPs
remained unresolvable due to interference of surrounding biomolecules,
opening up an opportunity to investigate specific ligand–receptor
interactions in real time at the chemical level.
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- Shasha Sun
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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Sahoo AK, Banerjee S, Ghosh SS, Chattopadhyay A. Simultaneous RGB emitting Au nanoclusters in chitosan nanoparticles for anticancer gene theranostics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:712-24. [PMID: 24281656 DOI: 10.1021/am4051266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Advanced theranostic materials hold promise for targeted delivery of drugs, with the ability to follow the transport as well as its consequences. This should, ideally, be possible with minimum invasive surgery and having no or minimum cytotoxicity of the materials. It requires development of newer materials whose physical properties would allow for easy probe, which could carry the therapeutic molecules, which will be stable under physiological conditions, and at the same time would be able to permeate barriers to the target. We report the development of a composite consisting of highly fluorescent Au nanoclusters and the biopolymer chitosan, which could easily be converted into nanoparticles and would form a stable polyplex with suicide gene for induction of apoptosis in cervical cancer cells. The simultaneous red, green, and blue fluorescence from the nanoclusters provided convenient optical imaging and flow cytometry probes, without having to use additional dyes. Moreover, the colloidal nanocluster-polymer composite could be converted into solid film and be stored with the retention of optical properties. The pH tunable optical properties in the medium were also intact in the films that quickly dissolved in water with retention of properties.
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- Amaresh Kumar Sahoo
- Centre for Nanotechnology, ‡Department of Biotechnology, and §Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati , Guwahati - 781 039, India
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Vilar-Vidal N, Rivas J, López-Quintela MA. Copper clusters as novel fluorescent probes for the detection and photocatalytic elimination of lead ions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:26427-30. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp02148g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new homogeneous assay for a fast, selective and sensitive detection and elimination of lead ions has been developed using copper clusters as novel fluorescent probes in aqueous solutions.
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- N. Vilar-Vidal
- Nanomag Laboratory
- Research Technological Institute
- University of Santiago de Compostela
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
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- Nanomag Laboratory
- Research Technological Institute
- University of Santiago de Compostela
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
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- Nanomag Laboratory
- Research Technological Institute
- University of Santiago de Compostela
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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