Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters

Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-323-88657-4
Verlag: Elsevier Inc

Buch, Englisch, 726 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Sabu

Joseph, Kuruvilla

Mathew, Meegle S.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Angewandte Optik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph, Kuruvilla
Kuruvilla Joseph is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India. His research areas include nanomaterials and nanocomposites, polymer blends and composites, synthesis of polymers from natural resources, green materials and biocomposites, aging and degradation, and development of biosensors.

Thomas, Sabu
Prof. Sabu Thomas is a globally renowned scientist and one of the leading researchers in polymer science and nanotechnology. He currently serves as Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering and was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on polymer blends, nanocomposites, green materials, and sustainable polymers.

Mathew, Meegle S.
Meegle S. Mathew is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, India. Her multidisciplinary research integrates nanoscience with biomedicine, energy conversion, and environmental applications, with a focus on nano-biophotonics, optical imaging, fluorescent nanoparticle-based biosensors and biomedical devices, photocatalysis, nanopriming, and photoreduction.