Recent Advances in the Synthesis, Properties, and Biological Applications of Platinum Nanoclusters

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(a) Schematic process of the formation of Pt NCs using a dendrimer as a template under the UV light irradiation. (b) The resonance Raman, UV-vis, and XPS spectra of synthesized Pt NCs. The HR-TEM of dynamic transformation of Pt NCs at (c) metastable mesocrystal, (d) mesocrystal combination, and (e) oriented crystal, as the irradiation time increased (reprinted major modification with permission from [72], Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society).

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