Table 1.

Experimental conditions of amino acid-reduced Au NCs and Au nanostructures.

Amino Acid	cAuCl4 (mM)	AuCl4¯:Amino Acid Ratio	T (°C)	Product	λex (nm)	λem (nm) QY (%)	Ref.
His	2.50	1:30	25	Au10 NCs	386	490 (8.78%)	[82]
His	2.50	1:30	25	Au10–Au14 NCs	370	475 (no inf.)	[86]
His	2.50	1:30	25	Au NCs *	386	475 (no inf.)	[83]
His	2.50	1:30	25	Au NCs *	365	450 (4.60%)	[84]
His	2.50	1:45	25	Au NCs *	386	498 (8.96%)	[87]
His	1.00	1:30	37	Au(I)-His CP	378	475 (3.60%)	[71]
Tyr	2.50	1:1.8	37	Au NCs *	385	470 (2.50%)	[88]
Tyr	0.07	1:0.76	100	Au10 NCs	383	498 (1.68%)	[89]
Pro	2.40	1:830	100	Au7 NCs	365	440 (2.94%)	[90]
Trp	0.43	1:2.7	100	Au8 NCs	365	450 (no inf.)	[91]
Trp	0.50	1:1	37	Au3–Au6 NCs	378	497 (1.10%)	[71]
	0.50	1:5	37	Au3–Au6 NCs	378	486 (1.30%)	[71]
	0.50	1:15	37	Au3–Au6 NCs	378	472 (1.70%)	[71]
Met	4.06	1:20	37	Au NCs *	420	530 (2.80%)	[92]
Cys	1.00	1:10	37	Au(I)-Cys CP	395	620 (no inf.)	[93]
Cys	5.00	1:10	25	Au(I)-Cys CP	365	630 (1.10%)	[94]

* no data are available for the number of gold atoms in the clusters.