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Antibiotic Alternatives: Multifunctional Ultra-Small Metal Nanoclusters for Bacterial Infectious Therapy Application

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Engineering Coinage Metal Nanoclusters for Electroluminescent Light-Emitting Diodes

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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Tumor Cell Invasion Using Au Clusters

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[Cu36H10(PET)24(PPh3)6Cl2] Reveals Surface Vacancy Defects in Ligand-Stabilized Metal Nanoclusters

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F-doped silicon quantum dots as a novel fluorescence nanosensor for quantitative detection of new coccine and application in food samples

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(AuAg)44(SPhtBu)26 versus (AuAg)44(SPhF2)30: Tailoring the Geometric Structures and Optical Properties of Nanocluster Analogues

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Surface Site-Specific Replacement for Catalysis Selectivity Switching

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Nanochemistry in the Gas Phase: Coulombic Adducts of Atomically Precise Noble Metal Nanoclusters and Their Concomitant Reactions

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Nanomaterials for fluorescent detection of curcumin

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Ratiometric fluorometric and colorimetric dual-mode sensing of glucose based on gold-platinum bimetallic nanoclusters

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A Superatomic {Ag8}6+ Cluster Induced by Asymmetric Mixed-Addendum Polyoxometalate

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Insight into the Mechanism of Single-Metal-Atom Tailoring on the Surface of Au–Cu Alloy Nanoclusters

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Metal Cluster Triggered-Assembling Heterogeneous Au-Ag Nanoclusters with Highly Loading Performance and Biocompatible Capability

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Strongly phosphorescent and water-soluble gold(I)-silver(I)-cysteine nanoplatelets via versatile small biomolecule cysteine-assisted synthesis for intracellular hypochlorite detection

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Molecular Packing-Driven Manipulation of Aggregation Induced Emission in Gold Nanoclusters

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Chiral Amphiphilic Au23 Cluster and Its Specific Recognition to Remote Di‐amines

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Superlattice‐based Plasmonic Catalysis: Concentrating Light at the Nanoscale to Drive Efficient Nitrogen‐to‐Ammonia Fixation at Ambient Conditions

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Engineering amphiphilic gold thiolate clusters for enhanced luminescence and controlled assembly

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Isotopic Exchange of Atomically Precise Nanoclusters with Materials of Varying Dimensions: From Nanoscale to Bulk

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Small Change, Big Difference: Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Au Nanocluster-Sensitized TiO2 Altered by Core Restructuring

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Metal Nanoclusters for Cancer Imaging and Treatment

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A dual-signal fluorometric and colorimetric sensing platform based on gold-platinum bimetallic nanoclusters for the determination of β-galactosidase activity

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Semiconductor CdS Magic‐Size Clusters: From Material Synthesis to Applications

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Atomically Precise Water-Soluble Gold Nanoclusters: Synthesis and Biomedical Application

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Low Optical Loss and Bent Waveguides: Crystals of a One-Dimensional Pt1Ag14 Nanocluster

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