pH-Induced transformation of ligated Au 25 to brighter Au 23 nanoclusters
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Waszkielewicz, Magdalena, Olesiak-Banska, Joanna, Comby-Zerbino, Clothilde, Bertorelle, Franck, Dagany, Xavier, Bansal, Ashu K, Sajjad, T, Samuel, Ifor DW, Sanader, Zeljka and Rozycka, Miroslawa (2018). pH-Induced transformation of ligated Au 25 to brighter Au 23 nanoclusters. Nanoscale. 10 (24), pp. 11335-11341. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR00660A
Authors | Waszkielewicz, Magdalena, Olesiak-Banska, Joanna, Comby-Zerbino, Clothilde, Bertorelle, Franck, Dagany, Xavier, Bansal, Ashu K, Sajjad, T, Samuel, Ifor DW, Sanader, Zeljka and Rozycka, Miroslawa |
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Abstract | Thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters have recently attracted considerable attention due to their size-dependent luminescence characterized by a long lifetime and large Stokes shift. However, the optimization of nanocluster properties such as the luminescence quantum yield is still a challenge. We report here the transformation of Au25Capt18 (Capt labels captopril) nanoclusters occurring at low pH and yielding a product with a much increased luminescence quantum yield which we have identified as Au23Capt17. We applied a simple method of treatment with HCl to accomplish this transformation and we characterized the absorption and emission of the newly created ligated nanoclusters as well as their morphology. Based on DFT calculations we show which Au nanocluster size transformations can lead to highly luminescent species such as Au23Capt17. |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Nanoscale |
Journal citation | 10 (24), pp. 11335-11341 |
Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
ISSN | 2040-3364 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR00660A |
Publication dates | |
04 Apr 2018 | |
Online | 04 Apr 2018 |
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Accepted | 03 Apr 2018 |
Deposited | 04 Feb 2020 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/88z63
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