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
1. General introductionluminescent 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
Dr. Sabu Thomas (Ph.D.) is the Director of the School of Energy Materials, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and a member of the American Chemical Society. He has been ranked no.1 in India about the number of publications (most productive scientists). Prof. Thomass research group specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, Fiber filled polymer composites, Particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, Ageing and degradation, Pervaporation phenomena, sorption and diffusion, Interpenetrating polymer systems, Recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, Elastomer cross-linking, Dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Prof. Thomass research group has extensive exchange programs with different industries, research, and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in various fields. Professors Centre is equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established state-of-the-art experimental facilities which cater to the needs of researchers within the country and abroad. His H Index- 133, Google Citations- 86424, Number of Publications- 1300, and Books-160.
Kuruvilla Joseph is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India. His research areas includes nanomaterials and nanocomposites, polymer blends and composites, synthesis of polymers from natural resources, green materials and biocomposites, aging and degradation, and development of biosensors.
Dr. Saritha Appukuttan was awarded her PhD from Mahatma Gandhi University in 2012 working in the field of polymer nanocomposites. She has also been worked for two years on the development of gas barrier membranes on an ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) project. She has published around 25 book chapters with highly reputed publishers and several research papers in high impact international journals such as Composites Part A, Composites Part B, and Materials Chemistry and Physics and has edited two books on Fibre Reinforced Composites: Constituents, compatibility, perspectives and applications (Elsevier) and on Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters (Elsevier). Currently, she is editing two more books on Lignin and its Composites: A sustainable tool for health care and medical applications and Zero-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures to be published by RSC and Elsevier, respectively.
Meegle S. Mathew is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, India. Her research interests cover nano-biophotonics, optical imaging, the development of biosensors and biomedical devices using fluorescent nanoparticles, polymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications, photocatalysis, and photoreduction.
