Researchers develop technique to synthesize water-soluble alloy nanoclusters

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-technique-soluble-alloy-nanoclusters.html

"synthesize atomically precise, water-soluble alloy nanoclusters... below 2 nm is close to Fermi wavelength of electrons, so continuous band turns discontinuous and becomes molecule-like with discrete energy levels, and nanoclusters exhibit unique optical and electronic characteristics... seeding silver ions triggers transformation from gold-based nanoclusters into alloy further transformed to composition-fixed water-soluble glutathione nanoclusters... bioimaging, biosensing, biotherapy, nanomedicine"