Levonorgestrel-protected Au8 and Au10 clusters with different antimicrobial abilities
Abstract Gold nanoclusters exhibit significant potential in antimicrobial applications due to their good stability and desirable biocompatibility in the mammalian cell model. However, most of the previously reported gold nanocluster antimicrobial agents do not have an atomic-precise structure, causing difficulties in understanding the structure–property correlation. In this study, structurally defined gold–levonorgestrel clusters, named Au8(C21H27O2)8 (Au8NCs) and […]