One-step eco-friendly approach for the fabrication of synergistically engineered fluorescent copper nanoclusters: sensing of Hg²⁺ ion and cellular uptake and bioimaging properties

Abstract

Schematic illustration for one-step green synthetic approach for fabrication of synergistically engineered CuNCs.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: A Comparative Study of the Toxicity of Polyethylene Glycol–Coated Cobalt Ferrite Nanospheres and Nanoparticles

“…There are variety of techniques adopted for synthesis of nanosized cobalt ferrite, including mechanochemical [29], sonochemical [30], co-precipitation [31, 32], micro-emulsion [33], and others [34–38]. Similarly, other techniques including single-step eco-friendly method was adopted for fabrication of tailored fluorescent copper nanoclusters using curcumin as the template [39]. A major drawback of most of these techniques is the low crystallinity of the prepared material, which in turn leads to the significant deterioration of the magnetic characteristics.…”

One‐step Green Synthetic Approach for the Preparation of Orange Light Emitting Copper Nanoclusters for Sensitive Detection of Mercury(II) Ions

“…So far, a variety of metal nanoclusters have been successfully prepared through different methods, such as Au, Ag, Pt and Cu NCs . Among them, copper nanoclusters have caused great attention for detection of Hg 2+ in real water samples . For example, Liao et al .…”

One‐pot green and simple synthesis of polyvinyl pyrrolidone capped for copper nanoclusters for high selectivity sensing of fluazinam

“…So far, a variety of MNCs have been successfully prepared through different methods, such as Au, Ag, Pt and Cu NCs [12, 13]. Among them, Cu NCs have been used as probes to detect Hg 2+ [14], Pb 2+ [15], Fe 3+ [16], Cu 2+ [17] and biological small molecule [18, 19]. As far as we know, Cu NCs are rarely used to detect fluazinam in real water samples.…”