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Sensors Based on Metal Nanoclusters Stabilized on Designed Proteins
摘要： Among all new nanomaterials, metal nanoclusters (NCs) have attracted special attention due to their interesting optical properties, among others. Metal NCs have been recently studied and used as sensors for different analytes. However, there is a need to explore the potential of these new sensors in a systematic manner and to develop new systems to broaden the possibilities that sensing offers to the industry. In this work, we show the potential use of repeat protein scaffolds as versatile templates for the synthesis and stabilization of various metal NCs, speci?cally Au, Ag, and CuNCs. The resulting protein-metal NCs hybrids are evaluated as sensors for different stimuli such as temperature, ions, or reactive oxygen species (ROS). Among the three protein-metal NCs, all performed nicely as temperature sensors, AuNCs responded to metal ions, and AgNCs were able to detect ROS.
关键词： nanosensor,ROS sensors,metal nanocluster,protein design,temperature sensor,metal sensors,?uorescent probe
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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White-emitting protein-metal nanocluster phosphors for highly performing bio-hybrid light-emitting diodes
摘要： This work presents a simple in-situ synthesis and stabilization of fluorescent gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) with different sizes using engineered protein scaffolds in water. The protein-AuNC hybrids show a dual emission (450 and 700 nm) with a record photoluminescence quantum yield of 20%. These features impelled us to apply them to bio-hybrid light-emitting diodes (Bio-HLEDs) as color down-converting filters or bio-phosphors. Efficient white emission (x/y CIE color coordinates of 0.31/0.29) and stabilities of >800 h were achieved. This represents a two orders of magnitude enhancement compared to the prior art. Besides the outstanding performance, the protein scaffold also infers a unique anisotropic emission character that is considered as a proof-of-concept of high interest for single-point lighting and display.
关键词： bio-phosphors,protein design,Light-emitting diodes,repeat proteins,bio-hybrid materials,metal nanocluster
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59