DocumentCode
48173
Title
Recent Advances on the Synthesis of Metal Quantum Nanoclusters and Their Application for Bioimaging
Author
Le Guevel, Xavier
Author_Institution
Andalusian Centre for Nanomedicine & Biotechnol., BIONAND, Málaga, Spain
Volume
20
Issue
3
fYear
2014
fDate
May-June 2014
Firstpage
45
Lastpage
56
Abstract
Metal (gold, silver, copper, platinum) quantum nano-clusters are an emerging family of fluorescent markers exhibiting unique photophysical properties with tunable electronic structure. This paper will give first an overview on the recent progress to produce stable and highly luminescent metal nanoclusters. In the second part, we will highlight the potential of such probes for bioimaging through in vitro /in vivo studies.
Keywords
biomedical optical imaging; copper; fluorescence; gold; metal clusters; nanofabrication; nanomedicine; platinum; silver; Ag; Au; Cu; Pt; bioimaging; fluorescent markers; in vitro studies; in vivo studies; luminescent metal nanoclusters; metal quantum nanocluster synthesis; photophysical properties; tunable electronic structure; Fluorescence; Gold; Peptides; Photonics; Silver; Biolabels; fluorescence; imaging; metal nanoclusters (NCs); sensing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1077-260X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2282275
Filename
6630046
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