Silver Nanoparticle-Mediated Synthesis of Fluorescent Thiolated Gold Nanoclusters

Autor: Cheng-Yeh Chang, Tzu-Hsien Tseng, Bo-Ru Chen, Yi-Ru Wu, Cheng-Liang Huang, Jui-Chang Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nanomaterials, Vol 11, Iss 11, p 2835 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2079-4991
DOI: 10.3390/nano11112835
Popis: A new strategy using silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) to synthesize thiolated Au NCs is demonstrated. The quasi-spherical Ag NPs serve as a platform, functioning as a reducing agent for Au (III) and attracting capping ligands to the surface of the Ag NPs. Glutathione disulfide (GSSG) and dithiothreitol (DTT) were used as capping ligands to synthesize thiolated Au NCs (glutathione-Au NCs and DTT-Au NCs). The glutathione-Au NCs and DTT-Au NCs showed red color luminance with similar emission wavelengths (630 nm) at an excitation wavelength of 354 nm. The quantum yields of the glutathione-Au NCs and DTT-Au NCs were measured to be 7.3% and 7.0%, respectively. An electrophoretic mobility assay showed that the glutathione-Au NCs moved toward the anode, while the DTT-Au NCs were not mobile under the electric field, suggesting that the total net charge of the thiolated Au NCs is determined by the charges on the capping ligands. The detection of the KSV values, 26 M−1 and 0 M−1, respectively, revealed that glutathione-Au NCs are much more accessible to an aqueous environment than DTT-Au NCs.
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