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Two polyoxovanadoborates with over 100 nuclei assembled from a {V14Co12B72} cluster
Combining theoretical prediction and experimental exploration, the first sandwich-type polyoxovanadoborate (POVB) with an odd number of nuclei, [V 11 B 26...
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Molecular Simulation Study of Gold Clusters for Transporting of Thioguanine Anticancer Drug in Aqueous Solution
To show the potential application of gold clusters as a drug delivery system, simulation results of thioguanine interaction with Au n clusters in...
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Effective catalysis and antibacterial activity of silver and gold nanoparticles biosynthesized by Phlogacanthus turgidus
In this work, an environmentally friendly and cost-effective synthetic method of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was...
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Metal Cluster Catalysis
Metal cluster catalysis is an attractive and challenging research topic. This chapter presents the fundamental insights into the catalytic reaction... -
Study of shape changes during nanoparticle growth using Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation: a case study on gold nanoparticles
In this paper, we develop a Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) based model to simulate the atomistic growth behavior of metallic nanoparticle in the solution...
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The electrosorption of 3-bromo-2-nitrothiophene on gold as studied with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
The electrosorption of 3-bromo-2-nitrothiophene on a polycrystalline gold electrode has been studied with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy SERS....
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Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles and Incorporation to a Porous Nickel Electrode to Improve its Catalytic Performance Towards the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were successfully synthesized by a facile chemical reduction method in the presence of the stabilizer polyvinylpyrrolidone...
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Fluorescent sensing of free bilirubin at nanomolar level using a Langmuir–Blodgett film of glucuronic acid–functionalized gold nanoclusters
Serum bilirubin is an important indicator to assess liver function and diagnose various types of liver diseases. The level of serum bilirubin is also...
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Hydrogenated Gold Clusters from Helium Nanodroplets: Cluster Ionization and Affinities for Protons and Hydrogen Molecules
We report the mass spectrometric detection of hydrogenated gold clusters ionized by electron transfer and proton transfer. The cations appear after...
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Boosting the Anticancer Activity of Aspergillus flavus “endophyte of Jojoba” Taxol via Conjugation with Gold Nanoparticles Mediated by γ-Irradiation
Taxol production by fungi is one of the promising alternative approaches, regarding to the natural and semisynthetic sources; however, the lower...
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Electron Counting Rules for Gold Clusters Which Are Stereochemically Non-rigid and Exhibit Skeletal Isomerism
The valence shell electron pair repulsion theory (VSEPR) added a three-dimensional interpretation of simple molecular inorganic compounds by... -
The Structure and Properties of Gold Clusters with Substitution and Attachment of Thiol Groups
AbstractPrevious theoretical and experimental studies of metal Au n clusters with defined numbers of gold atoms (the so-called magic numbers n = 18,...
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A Cluster Model for Interpretation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering of Organic Compounds Interacting with Silver Nanoparticles
In this brief review, we present some illustrative computational results on the use of atomic clusters to model the solid substrate surfaces, aiming... -
“Turn-off” sensing probe based on fluorescent gold nanoclusters for the sensitive detection of hemin
Balanced level of hemin in the body is fundamentally important for normal human organ function. Therefore, environmentally benign, stable, and...
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Sensitive electrochemical detection of polymorphisms in IL6 and TGFβ1 genes from ovarian cancer DNA patients using EcoRI and DNA hairpin-modified gold electrodes
Two electrochemical bioplatforms were prepared based on thiolated hairpin DNA probes tethered to AuNP-modified screen-printed electrodes to detect...
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Green Synthesis up to Geometric Gold Microparticles
In this work the study of optical properties of micro and nanostructured particles of gold is approached. A method of nanoparticle stabilization...
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Highly sensitive nanoplatform based on green gold sononanoparticles for phenol determination in olive oil
Here, we describe a novel, fast, simple and green method for synthesis of gold sononanoparticles (AuSNPs) employing three different parts of Geranium...
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DNA/Metal Cluster–Based Nano-Lantern
Recent years have witnessed tremendous coherent growth with great achievements on the DNA nano-devices, from their construction, synthesis to wide... -
Determination of stable structure of a cluster using convolutional neural network and particle swarm optimization
Minimization of the energy of a molecule is an important research problem in quantum chemistry. The use of appropriate global optimization algorithms...
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Gold nanoparticles reduce inflammation in cerebral microvessels of mice with sepsis
BackgroundSepsis is an emergency medical condition that can lead to death and it is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by immune...