Properties and applications of protein-stabilized fluorescent gold nanoclusters: short review
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...The intense photoluminescence observed from these protein-stabilized Au NCs has been reported in a number of studies(27) and is promising for replacing less biocompatible quantum dots used for imaging and targeting applications.(30) New studies strive to improve and optimize the photoluminescence property for applications such as toxic molecule detection(31) and biolabeling....
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...Xie et al.(49) ignited this interest for using BSAwhen they introduced a facile protein-...
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...Xie et al.49 ignited this interest for using BSAwhen they introduced a facile proteindirected synthesis, which was subsequently adopted by many research groups for other proteinAu NC systems....
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...Journal of Nanophotonics 064504-9 Vol. 6, 2012 Downloaded From: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/Journal-of-Nanophotonics on 05 Dec 2019 Terms of Use: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/terms-of-use 4.4 Biolabelling and Targeted Imaging Applications Returning to the BSA-Au NC, highlighted in this review, a couple of studies51,52 released shortly after Xie et al.49 were able to conjugate folic acid to the surface of BSA through amine linkages....
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...Returning to the BSA-Au NC, highlighted in this review, a couple of studies(51,52) released shortly after Xie et al.(49) were able to conjugate folic acid to the surface of BSA through amine linkages....
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...The application of Hg2þ detection was also proven to be viable with a detection limit of 10 nM, comparable to Xie et al.80 with 0.5 nM....
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...These sub-nanometer particles demonstrate molecular-like electronic transitions between HOMOLUMO energy levels, due to their finite cluster size.(1,2) As a result, energy transitions can be rationalized according to the jellium model (Efermi∕N)....
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...Determining the precise sizes of the AumðSRÞn (R 1⁄4 organic capping ligand) magic cluster series has initiated major breakthroughs in quantum calculations of nanoclusters, leading to thorough explorations of their electronic structure.(1,14) Numerous articles continue to be published, revealing interesting properties and potential applications for the AumðSRÞn cluster....
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...18–20 Computational and theoretical studies have also played a big part in probing the electronic structure.(1,14,21) Some of the unique electronic effects of Au NCs can be attributed to a surface staple-like bonding structure between the organic capping ligand and surface gold atoms (see Fig....
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