Histidine is used both as a reducing agent and a protecting ligand to produce water-soluble, monodispersed, and bluish green-emitting Au10 nanoclusters.
Blending of HAuCl4 and histidine in aqueous solution: a simple approach to the Au10 cluster
Xi Yang, Minmin Shi, Renjia Zhou, Xiaoqiang Chen and Hongzheng Chen
Nanoscale, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10287G
