Sensitive fluorescence detection of heparin based on self-assembly of mesoporous silica nanoparticle–gold nanoclusters with emission enhancement characteristics was reported.
The fluorescent properties of atomically precise nanoclusters have been regulated by solvent-induced atomic structure transformation and cationic polymer-induced self-assembly for cell imaging and drug delivery.
Rapid room temperature metal ion triggered synthesis of intensely luminescent Au NCs from nonluminescent ones. The journey from nonluminescent to yellow emitting to green emitting species, induced by aggregation and self-assembly, is clearly depicted in the TEM micrograph.
Revisiting the conformational state of albumin conjugated to gold nanoclusters: A self-assembly pathway to giant superstructures unraveled