Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications

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. Covers the most relevant material categories of luminescent nanoclusters such as metal nanoclusters, nano composites and alloy nanoclusters Provides a comprehensive overview of the various available methods used for the protection of nanoclusters Discusses the latest advances and future opportunities in addressing challenges in producing benign nanomaterials such as toxicity and stability INDICE: 1. General Introduction 2. Physical Properties of metal nanoclusters 3. Methods of synthesis of metal nanoclusters 4. Characterization of metal nanoclusters 5. Structure of metal nanoclusters 6. Origin of luminescence of metal nanoclusters7. Reactivity of Metal nanoclusters 8. Mass spectrometry and metal nanoclusters 9. General purification methods of metal nanoclusters 10. Phosphine and Thiol protected Metal Nanoclusters 11. Polymer and Dendrimer Protected Metal Nanoclusters 12. DNA Protected Metal Nanoclusters 13. Peptide Protected Metal Nanoclusters 14. Protein Protected Metal Nanoclusters15. Nanoclusters with enzyme as stabilising agent16. Alloy Nanoclusters 17. Metal nanocluster composites 18. Applications of metallic nanoclusters in bio imaging 19. Nanoclusters for biosensing 20. Environmental Applications of Nanoclusters 21. Therapeutic applications of metal nanoclusters 22. Drug delivery and gene delivery using metal nanoclusters 23. Antimicrobial properties of metal nanoclusters 24. Metal nanoclusters as photosensitizers 25. Applications of metallic nanoclusters in catalysis 26. Metal nanoclusters for energy storage applications 27. Theoretical modelling of metal nanoclusters 28. Metal nanoclusters based advanced logic gates 29. Bioavailability bio distribution and toxicity of metallic nanoclusters 30. Metallic nanoclusters for water purification applications 31. Summary and Future outlook

• ISBN: 978-0-323-88657-4
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 678
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés