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Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters
Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
Key reference on the latest advances in the development of benign and stable metal nanoclusters with photoluminescent properties
Sabu Thomas (Edited by), Kuruvilla Joseph (Edited by), Saritha Appukuttan (Edited by), Meegle S. Mathew (Edited by)
9780323886574, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 28 June 2022
726 pages, 180 illustrations (50 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm, 1 kg
Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications provides a comprehensive accounting of various protocols used for the synthesis of metal nanoclusters, their characterization techniques, toxicity evaluation and various applications and future prospects. The book provides detailed experimental routes, along with mechanisms on the formation of benign metallic clusters using biomaterials and a comprehensive review regarding the preparation, properties and prospective applications of these nano clusters in various fields, including therapeutic applications. Various methods to protect nanocluster materials to increase their stability are emphasized, including the incorporation of ligands (protein, small molecule, DNA, thiols). This book addresses a gap in the current literature by bringing together the preparation, characterization and applications of all the possible types of reported metal nanoclusters and their hybrids. It is suitable for materials scientists and engineers in academia and those working in research and development in industry. It may also be of interest to those working in the interdisciplinary nanotechnology community, such as physical chemists.
1. General introduction—luminescent metal nanoclusters 2. Methods of synthesis of metal nanoclusters 3. Analytical tools for the characterization and quantification of metal nanoclusters 4. Mass spectrometry and metal nanoclusters 5. Origin of luminescence of metal nanoclusters 6. General purification methods of metal nanoclusters 7. Phosphine and thiol protected metal nanoclusters 8. Polymer- and dendrimer-protected metal nanoclusters 9. DNA-protected metal nanoclusters 10. Peptide-protected metal nanoclusters 11. Protein and enzyme protected metal nanoclusters 12. Alloy nanoclusters-synthesis methods and structural evaluation 13. Self-assembly of metal nanoclusters in colloid science 14. Applications of metallic nanoclusters in bioimaging 15. Biomarker sensing using luminescent metal nanoclusters 16. Environmental applications of luminescent metal nanoclusters 17. Therapeutic applications of metal nanoclusters 18. Stimuli-responsive metal nanoclusters for targeted drug and gene delivery and their biomedical applications 19. Antimicrobial properties of metal nanoclusters 20. Metal nanoclusters as photosensitizers 21. Metal nanoclusters for catalytic applications: synthesis and characterization 22. Metal nanoclusters for energy storage applications 23. Bioavailability, biodistribution, and toxicity of fluorescent metal nanoclusters 24. Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters: Summary and future outlook
Subject Areas: Applied optics [TTB], Materials science [TGM], Physical chemistry [PNR]