journal article·2025-04

Red‐light Emitting Orthogonally Trireactive Gold Nanoclusters for the Synthesis of Multifunctionalized Nanomaterials (Small 17/2025)

Kenji Watanabe, Yuta Uetake, Machi Hata, Anna Kuwano, Riko Yamamoto, Yasutomo Yamamoto, Masahito Kodera, Hiroaki Kitagishi, Takashi Niwa, Takamitsu Hosoya

Small· Volume 21· Issue 17
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Abstract

Multifunctionalized Nanomaterials In article number 2408747, Kenji Watanabe, Yuta Uetake, Takamitsu Hosoya, and co-workers synthesized gold nanoclusters (ca. 1 nm) coated with thiol peptides containing azido, amino, and aminooxy groups. These gold nanoclusters adopted Aun(SR)m nanocluster compositions, which are promising for red-light emission. Sequential modification of gold nanoclusters with RGD peptides, metal chelators, and anticancer drugs via [3+2] cycloaddition, oximation, and amidation yielded red-light-emissive nanomaterials with anti-cancer activity.
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OpenAlex topics: Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications · Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications · Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

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Affiliations

Laboratory for Chemical Biology RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamic Research (BDR) Chuo‐ku Kobe 650‐0047 Japan

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Kyotanabe Kyoto 610‐0395 Japan

Division of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University Suita Osaka 565‐0871 Japan

Innovative Catalysis Science Division Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS‐OTRI) Osaka University Suita Osaka 565‐0871 Japan

Faculty of Science and Engineering Doshisha University Kyotanabe Kyoto 610‐0321 Japan

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Kyushu University Higashi‐ku Fukuoka 812‐8582 Japan

Chemical Bioscience Team LBB IIR Institute of Science Tokyo 2‐3‐10 Kanda‐Surugadai, Chiyoda‐ku Tokyo 101‐0062 Japan

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