Fluorescent polyelectrolyte capped silver nanoclusters: Optimization and spectroscopic evaluation

Autor: Erling Thyrhaug, Tanya Shtoyko, Dimytro Shumilov, Ignacy Gryczynski, Irina Akopova, Ryan Rich, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Sangram Raut
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Chemical Physics Letters. 549:72-76
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.08.042
Popis: In the present work, we have synthesized water soluble Ag nanoclusters using PMAA as a template with different Ag+: COO-ratios, to optimize it for highest brightness using less UV exposure time. Fluorescence polarization was 0.30 for and was found to vary with excitation and emission wavelength with few hundred picoseconds average fluorescence lifetime. Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy data depicts slower diffusion at red excitation compared to blue excitation in confocal volume than conventionally synthesized colloids proving presence of multiple sizes. The optical properties of the particles are dependent upon the excitation wavelength used and the emission wavelength collected.
Databáze: OpenAIRE