Chih-Hsien Lee

TL;DR: Synthesis of ultrasmall water-soluble fluorescent gold nanoclusters has a decent quantum yield, high colloidal stability, and can be readily conjugated with biological molecules.

TL;DR: In vivo study using hindlimb ischemic mice with an intramuscular injection of FANC-labeled human EPC showed that the cells preserved an angiogenic potential and exhibited traceable signals after 21 days, demonstrating that FANC is a promising biocompatible fluorescent probe.

TL;DR: In this review, a new class of fluorescent labels by biocognition molecules to fluorescent noble-metal nanoclusters such as Au and Ag are produced, which are more biocompatible and stable against photobleaching compared with organic dyes and are ideal fluorophores for multicolor and multiplexing applications in biomedical engineering and molecular biotechnology.

TL;DR: F fluorescent gold nanoclusters (FANCs) are developed that contain gold nanoparticles with a core dimension in vitro and in vivo tracking of endothelial and endothelial progenitor cells and may also have novel chemical properties involved in regulation of endothelium cell function.

TL;DR: In this paper, a fluorescent gold nanocluster, comprising of a dihydrolipoic acid ligand (DHLA) on the surface thereof, was shown to generate fluorescence by the interaction between the DHLA and the nanocuster.