Gold‐Doping Effect on Two‐Photon Absorption and Luminescence of Atomically Precise Silver Ligated Nanoclusters

Autor: Anna Pniakowska, Martina Perić Bakulić, Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký, Patryk Obstarczyk, Željka Sanader Maršić, Joanna Olesiak-Banska, Thomas Bürgi, KRISHNADAS KUMARANCHIRA RAMANKUTTY
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61
ISSN: 1521-3773
1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209645
Popis: Noble metal nanoclusters allow for the atomically- precise control of their composition. However, to create nanoclusters with pre-defined optical properties, comprehensive description of their structure-property relation is required. Here, we report the gold atom doping impact on one-photon and two-photon absorption (TPA) and luminescence properties of ligated silver nanoclusters via combined experimental studies and time-dependent density functional theory simulations (TD-DFT). We synthesized a series of Ag25−xAux(DMBT)18 nanoclusters where x=0, 1 and 5–10. For Ag24Au1(DMBT)18 we demonstrate that the presence of the central Au dopant strongly influences linear and non-linear optical properties, increasing photoluminescence quantum yield and two-photon brightness, with respect to undoped silver nanoclusters. With improved TPA and luminescence, atomically-precise AuAg alloys presented in our work can serve as robust luminescent probes e.g. for bioimaging in the second biological window.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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