Development of Copper Nanoclusters for In Vitro and In Vivo Theranostic Applications

Electrostatically controlled fluorometric assay for differently charged biotargets based on the use of silver/copper bimetallic nanoclusters modified with polyethyleneimine and graphene oxide

(2019) Jinlan Yang et al.   MICROCHIMICA ACTA

Transferrin-Conjugated Polymeric Nanoparticle for Receptor-Mediated Delivery of Doxorubicin in Doxorubicin-Resistant Breast Cancer Cells

(2019) Zar Chi Soe et al.   Pharmaceutics

A single-shot diagnostic platform based on copper nanoclusters coated with cetyl trimethylammonium bromide for determination of carbamazepine in exhaled breath condensate

(2019) Ayda Hatefi et al.   MICROCHIMICA ACTA

Cysteine capped copper/molybdenum bimetallic nanoclusters for fluorometric determination of methotrexate via the inner filter effect

(2019) Yowan Nerthigan et al.   MICROCHIMICA ACTA

Detection of micrococcal nuclease for identifying Staphylococcus aureus based on DNA templated fluorescent copper nanoclusters

(2019) Taiping Qing et al.   MICROCHIMICA ACTA

Assessment of Copper Nanoclusters for Accurate In Vivo Tumor Imaging and Potential for Translation

(2019) Gyu Seong Heo et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent advances in the synthesis and application of copper nanomaterials based on various DNA scaffolds

(2019) Qiao Cao et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

A signal-on nanobiosensor for VEGF165 detection based on supraparticle copper nanoclusters formed on bivalent aptamer

(2019) Fatemeh Mortazavi Moghadam et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Progress in biosensor based on DNA-templated copper nanoparticles

(2019) Zhihe Qing et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Label-free detection of miRNA cancer markers based on terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-induced copper nanoclusters

(2019) Yiting Li et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Hybrid silica-coated Gd-Zn-Cu-In-S/ZnS bimodal quantum dots as an epithelial cell adhesion molecule targeted drug delivery and imaging system

(2019) Marzieh Akbarzadeh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Transferrin–Copper Nanocluster–Doxorubicin Nanoparticles as Targeted Theranostic Cancer Nanodrug

(2018) Upashi Goswami et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Probing Cancer Cells through Intracellular Aggregation-Induced Emission Kinetic Rate of Copper Nanoclusters

(2018) Anushree Dutta et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

An ultrasensitive electrochemiluminescence biosensor for detection of MicroRNA by in-situ electrochemically generated copper nanoclusters as luminophore and TiO 2 as coreaction accelerator

(2018) Hongxia Liao et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Improvement of antibacterial activity of copper nanoclusters for selective inhibition on the growth of gram-positive bacteria

(2018) Junmei Xia et al.   CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS

Atomically precise copper nanoclusters and their applications

(2018) Xiang Liu et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Enhanced upconversion luminescence and controllable phase/shape of NaYF4:Yb/Er crystals through Cu2+ ion doping

(2018) Kaimin Du et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Folic acid modified copper nanoclusters for fluorescent imaging of cancer cells with over-expressed folate receptor

(2018) Jun-Mei Xia et al.   MICROCHIMICA ACTA

Label-free photoluminescence assay for nitrofurantoin detection in lake water samples using adenosine-stabilized copper nanoclusters as nanoprobes

(2018) Yong Wang et al.   TALANTA

Cysteamine-capped copper nanoclusters as a highly selective turn-on fluorescent assay for the detection of aluminum ions

(2018) Chanida Boonmee et al.   TALANTA

Ratiometric fluorescence and visual imaging detection of dopamine based on carbon dots/copper nanoclusters dual-emitting nanohybrids

(2018) Weijie He et al.   TALANTA

Design of Polymeric Gene Carriers for Effective Intracellular Delivery

(2018) Wing-Fu Lai et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

One-pot synthesis of enhanced fluorescent copper nanoclusters encapsulated in metal–organic frameworks

(2018) Bingyan Han et al.   RSC Advances

Ultra-stable L-proline protected copper nanoclusters and their solvent effect

(2018) Bingyan Han et al.   Methods and Applications in Fluorescence

An ammonia-based etchant for attaining copper nanoclusters with green fluorescence emission

(2018) Hao-Hua Deng et al.   Nanoscale

Highly Sensitive and Selective Fluorescent Detection of Gossypol Based on BSA-Stabilized Copper Nanoclusters

(2018) Shuangjiao Xu et al.   MOLECULES

Transferrin-targeted poly(butylene adipate)/terephthalate nanoparticles for targeted delivery of 5-fluorouracil in HT29 colorectal cancer cell line

(2017) Jaleh Varshosaz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOACTIVE AND COMPATIBLE POLYMERS

Enhancement of fluorescence brightness and stability of copper nanoclusters using Zn 2+ for ratio-metric sensing of S 2−

(2017) Dan Li et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Molecular design of upconversion nanoparticles for gene delivery

(2017) Wing-Fu Lai et al.   Chemical Science

Colorimetric detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA based on DNA-templated copper nanoclusters

(2016) Xiaoxia Mao et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Interfacial synthesis of polyethyleneimine-protected copper nanoclusters: Size-dependent tunable photoluminescence, pH sensor and bioimaging

(2016) Chan Wang et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Photoluminescence sensing systems based on copper, gold and silver nanomaterials

(2016) Po-Cheng Chen et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Design and fabrication of hydrogel-based nanoparticulate systems for in vivo drug delivery

(2016) Wing-Fu Lai et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Syntheses, crystal structures and solvatochromic properties of dinuclear oxalato-bridged copper(II) complexes

(2016) Hamid Golchoubian et al.   JOURNAL OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY

Novel Fluorometric Assay for Detection of Cysteine as a Reducing Agent and Template in Formation of Copper Nanoclusters

(2016) Yasaman-Sadat Borghei et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE

Exploring a monothiolated β-cyclodextrin as the template to synthesize copper nanoclusters with exceptionally increased peroxidase-like activity

(2016) Yaping Zhong et al.   MICROCHIMICA ACTA

A stimuli-responsive nanoparticulate system using poly(ethylenimine)-graft-polysorbate for controlled protein release

(2016) Wing-Fu Lai et al.   Nanoscale

Fluorescent copper nanoparticles: recent advances in synthesis and applications for sensing metal ions

(2016) Yongming Guo et al.   Nanoscale

Recent advances in the analytical applications of copper nanoclusters

(2016) Xue Hu et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Recent progress in the synthesis of luminescent copper clusters

(2016) Shaochen Zhou et al.   Advances in Nano Research

Synthesis of Ultrastable Copper Sulfide Nanoclusters via Trapping the Reaction Intermediate: Potential Anticancer and Antibacterial Applications

(2015) Hong-Yin Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrasmall [64Cu]Cu Nanoclusters for Targeting Orthotopic Lung Tumors Using Accurate Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

(2015) Fuping Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Polyethyleneimine-templated copper nanoclusters via ascorbic acid reduction approach as ferric ion sensor

(2015) Jie Feng et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Label-Free Fluorescent Copper Nanoclusters for Genotyping of Deletion and Duplication of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

(2015) Chung-An Chen et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The isomeric effect of mercaptobenzoic acids on the preparation and fluorescence properties of copper nanoclusters

(2015) Yi-Jyun Lin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

[Cu32(H)20{S2P(OiPr)2}12]: The Largest Number of Hydrides Recorded in a Molecular Nanocluster by Neutron Diffraction

(2015) Rajendra S. Dhayal et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Folate-conjugated Chitosan-poly(ethylenimine) Copolymer As An Efficient and Safe Vector For Gene Delivery in Cancer Cells

(2015) Wing-Fu Lai et al.   CURRENT GENE THERAPY

Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Nanoclusters

(2015) Karo Michaelian et al.   Entropy

Copper nanoclusters trigger muscle cell apoptosis and atrophyin vitroandin vivo

(2015) Yayun Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY

Enhanced Emission of Polyethyleneimine-Coated Copper Nanoclusters and Their Solvent Effect

(2015) Yu Ling et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Luminescent Copper Nanoclusters as a Specific Cell-Imaging Probe and a Selective Metal Ion Sensor

(2015) Nirmal Kumar Das et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A green method of staining DNA in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis based on fluorescent copper nanoclusters synthesized in situ

(2015) Xiaoli Zhu et al.   Nano Research

A novel fluorescence and naked eye sensor for iodide in urine based on the iodide induced oxidative etching and aggregation of Cu nanoclusters

(2015) Yaping Zhong et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

One-pot synthesis of fluorescent DHLA-stabilized Cu nanoclusters for the determination of H2O2

(2015) Tingyao Zhou et al.   TALANTA

Transferrin-directed preparation of red-emitting copper nanoclusters for targeted imaging of transferrin receptor over-expressed cancer cells

(2015) Tong Zhao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Rapid Sonochemical Synthesis of Luminescent and Paramagnetic Copper Nanoclusters for Bimodal Bioimaging

(2015) Chuanxi Wang et al.   ChemNanoMat

Blue-Emitting Copper Nanoclusters Synthesized in the Presence of Lysozyme as Candidates for Cell Labeling

(2014) Rama Ghosh et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Synergistic Anticancer Activity of Fluorescent Copper Nanoclusters and Cisplatin Delivered through a Hydrogel Nanocarrier

(2014) Rama Ghosh et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Internalization of Red Blood Cell-Mimicking Hydrogel Capsules with pH-Triggered Shape Responses

(2014) Veronika Kozlovskaya et al.   ACS Nano

Magnetically Engineered Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Multimodal Imaging Probes

(2014) Lihong Jing et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

One-step prepared fluorescent copper nanoclusters for reversible pH-sensing

(2014) Wei Wang et al.   ANALYST

Green synthesis of peptide-templated fluorescent copper nanoclusters for temperature sensing and cellular imaging

(2014) Hong Huang et al.   ANALYST

Colloidal Self-Assembly of Catalytic Copper Nanoclusters into Ultrathin Ribbons

(2014) Zhennan Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Phosphinothiolates as Ligands for Polyhydrido Copper Nanoclusters

(2014) Miguel A. Huertos et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Linear Poly(ethylenimine) Cross-Linked by Methyl-β-Cyclodextrin for Gene Delivery

(2014) Wing-Fu Lai et al.   CURRENT GENE THERAPY

Evaluation of in vitro cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of copper–zinc alloy nanoparticles in human lung epithelial cells

(2014) Ümit Kumbıçak et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Nanotoxicity: Oxidative Stress Mediated Toxicity of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

(2014) Abhijit Sarkar et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Cell Transfection with a β-Cyclodextrin-PEI-Propane-1,2,3-Triol Nanopolymer

(2014) Wing-Fu Lai et al.   PLoS One

Assembly of Nanoions via Electrostatic Interactions: Ion-Like Behavior of Charged Noble Metal Nanoclusters

(2014) Qiaofeng Yao et al.   Scientific Reports

Multilayer Dual-Polymer-Coated Upconversion Nanoparticles for Multimodal Imaging and Serum-Enhanced Gene Delivery

(2013) Lu He et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biocompatible Shaped Particles from Dried Multilayer Polymer Capsules

(2013) Jun Chen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Cyclodextrins in non-viral gene delivery

(2013) Wing-Fu Lai   BIOMATERIALS

Stable Cu nanoclusters: from an aggregation-induced emission mechanism to biosensing and catalytic applications

(2013) Xiaofang Jia et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

PEGylated helper-dependent adenoviral vector expressing human Apo A-I for gene therapy in LDLR-deficient mice

(2013) E Leggiero et al.   GENE THERAPY

A copper cluster protected with phenylethanethiol

(2013) Anindya Ganguly et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles Modified with Polyethylenimine and Folic Acid for Biomedical Theranostics

(2013) Hyunhee Yoo et al.   LANGMUIR

GREEN ROUTE TO PREPARE BIOCOMPATIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED THIOLATE-PROTECTED COPPER NANOCLUSTERS FOR CELLULAR IMAGING

(2013) CHAN WANG et al.   NANO

Fluorescent silver nanoclusters as DNA probes

(2013) Judy M. Obliosca et al.   Nanoscale

Protein-directed synthesis of pH-responsive red fluorescent copper nanoclusters and their applications in cellular imaging and catalysis

(2013) Chan Wang et al.   Nanoscale

Cu Nanoclusters with Aggregation Induced Emission Enhancement

(2013) Xiaofang Jia et al.   Small

Gold nanoclusters with enhanced tunable fluorescence as bioimaging probes

(2013) Sharbari Palmal et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Cuprous oxide nanoparticles inhibit the growth and metastasis of melanoma by targeting mitochondria

(2013) Y Wang et al.   Cell Death & Disease

DNA-Hosted Copper Nanoclusters for Fluorescent Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

(2012) Xiaofang Jia et al.   ACS Nano

Macromolecule Functionalization of Disulfide-Bonded Polymer Hydrogel Capsules and Cancer Cell Targeting

(2012) Olga Shimoni et al.   ACS Nano

Nucleic acid delivery: Roles in biogerontological interventions

(2012) Wing-Fu Lai   AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS

Copper nanoclusters as peroxidase mimetics and their applications to H2O2 and glucose detection

(2012) Lianzhe Hu et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Catalysis by metallic nanoparticles in aqueous solution: model reactions

(2012) Pablo Hervés et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Copper nanoclusters: Synthesis, characterization and properties

(2012) YiZhong Lu et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

From Aggregation-Induced Emission of Au(I)–Thiolate Complexes to Ultrabright Au(0)@Au(I)–Thiolate Core–Shell Nanoclusters

(2012) Zhentao Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Size Dependent Catalytic Activity of Reusable Subnanometer Copper(0) Clusters

(2012) Noelia Vilar-Vidal et al.   ACS Catalysis

Hybrid gold-iron oxide nanoparticles as a multifunctional platform for biomedical application

(2012) Clare Hoskins et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY

Aspect Ratio Determines the Quantity of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Uptake by a Small GTPase-Dependent Macropinocytosis Mechanism

(2011) Huan Meng et al.   ACS Nano

A Simple Reducing Approach Using Amine To Give Dual Functional EuSe Nanocrystals and Morphological Tuning

(2011) Chuanxi Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photoreductive synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent metal nanoclusters

(2011) Hui Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

In vivonucleic acid delivery with PEI and its derivatives: current status and perspectives

(2011) Wing-Fu Lai   Expert Review of Medical Devices

A fifteen atom silver cluster confined in bovine serum albumin

(2011) Ammu Mathew et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Modeling Particle Shape-Dependent Dynamics in Nanomedicine

(2011) Samar Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

One-Pot Synthesis, Photoluminescence, and Electrocatalytic Properties of Subnanometer-Sized Copper Clusters

(2011) Wentao Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrochemical Synthesis of Very Stable Photoluminescent Copper Clusters

(2010) Noelia Vilar-Vidal et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

On the Ligand’s Role in the Fluorescence of Gold Nanoclusters

(2010) Zhikun Wu et al.   NANO LETTERS

‘Two is better than one’—probes for dual-modality molecular imaging

(2009) Lucy E. Jennings et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis, spectroscopic, thermal, and biological activities on solvatochromic mixed ligand copper(II) complexes

(2009) Azza A. A. Abu-Hussen et al.   JOURNAL OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY

Oxazine Conjugated Nanoparticle Detects in Vivo Hypochlorous Acid and Peroxynitrite Generation

(2009) Peter Panizzi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A new synthesis method and degradation of hyper-branched polyethylenimine grafted polycaprolactone block mono-methoxyl poly (ethylene glycol) copolymers (hy-PEI-g-PCL-b-mPEG) as potential DNA delivery vectors

(2009) Yu Liu et al.   POLYMER

Nucleic acid delivery with chitosan and its derivatives

(2008) Wing-Fu Lai et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Nanoparticles for drug delivery: The need for precision in reporting particle size parameters

(2007) Marie Gaumet et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS