scispace - formally typeset
Journal ArticleDOI

Ultra-small fluorescent metal nanoclusters: Synthesis and biological applications

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
In this article, the authors summarize synthesis strategies of water-soluble fluorescent metal nanoclusters and their optical properties, highlight recent advances in their application for ultrasensitive biological detection and fluorescent biological imaging, and finally discuss current challenges for their potential biomedical applications.
About
This article is published in Nano Today.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 1306 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanoclusters.

read more

Citations
More filters
Book ChapterDOI

Applications of metallic nanostructures in biomedical field

TL;DR: In this article, the most commonly used metallic nanostructures are identified, and their fabrication methods and specific properties are reviewed, with accent on their recent applications in the biomedical field, including magnetic information storage and catalysis.
Journal ArticleDOI

Advanced AuNMs as nanomedicine’s central goals capable of active targeting in both imaging and therapy in biomolecules

Madkour Lh
TL;DR: In this article, the optical properties of Au-based nanomaterials (AuNMs) have been investigated for both fundamental and technical study including crystal growth, electron transfer mechanism, localized electro-magnetic theory, catalysis, DNA assay, bioimaging and therapy, and so on.
Journal ArticleDOI

An exonuclease-assisted fluorescence sensor for assaying alkaline phosphatase based on SYBR Green I.

TL;DR: A fast, reliable and convenient approach to determine the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity based on a label-free fluorescence strategy that was utilized to evaluate Na3VO4 as ALP inhibitor.
Journal ArticleDOI

Sensitive detection of mercury (II) ion using wave length-tunable visible-emitting gold nanoclusters based on protein-templated synthesis

TL;DR: In this article, a simple, facile, green, and versatile strategy was developed for the synthesis of water-soluble and well-dispersed fluorescent gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) with wave length-tunable emissions using protein as capping agent and template.
Journal ArticleDOI

Ultrashort Peptide-Stabilized Copper Nanoclusters with Aggregation-Induced Emission

TL;DR: In this article, a facile, one-pot strategy for the fabrication of copper nanoclusters (CuNCs) with orange-red fluorescent emission in the presence of an ultrashort peptide, I3R, and GSH was reported.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Quantum Dots for Live Cells, in Vivo Imaging, and Diagnostics

TL;DR: The new generations of qdots have far-reaching potential for the study of intracellular processes at the single-molecule level, high-resolution cellular imaging, long-term in vivo observation of cell trafficking, tumor targeting, and diagnostics.
Journal ArticleDOI

Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy and Sensing

TL;DR: This review describes recent fundamental spectroscopic studies that reveal key relationships governing the LSPR spectral location and its sensitivity to the local environment, including nanoparticle shape and size and introduces a new form of L SPR spectroscopy, involving the coupling between nanoparticle plasmon resonances and adsorbate molecular resonances.
Journal ArticleDOI

Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: Emergent Nanolights

TL;DR: This Review summarize recent advances in the synthesis and characterization of C-dots and speculate on their future and discuss potential developments for their use in energy conversion/storage, bioimaging, drug delivery, sensors, diagnostics, and composites.
Journal ArticleDOI

The fluorescent toolbox for assessing protein location and function

TL;DR: The focus is on protein detection in live versus fixed cells: determination of protein expression, localization, activity state, and the possibility for combination of fluorescent light microscopy with electron microscopy.
Journal ArticleDOI

Water-Soluble Quantum Dots for Multiphoton Fluorescence Imaging in Vivo

TL;DR: This work characterized water-soluble cadmium selenide–zinc sulfide quantum dots for multiphoton imaging in live animals and found no evidence of blinking (fluorescence intermittency) in solution on nanosecond to millisecond time scales.
Related Papers (5)