Recent Advances on the Synthesis of Metal Quantum Nanoclusters and Their Application for Bioimaging

Metal (gold, silver, copper, platinum) quantum nano-clusters are an emerging family of fluorescent markers exhibiting unique photophysical properties with tunable electronic structure. This paper will give first an overview on the recent progress to produce stable and highly luminescent metal nanoclusters. In the second part, we will highlight the potential of such probes for bioimaging through in vitro /in vivo studies.