Photoreductive synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent metal nanoclusters

Hui Zhang, Xin Huang, Li Luo, Gaowen Zhang, Irshad Hussaın, Zhen Li, Bien Tan

Chemical Communications · 2011 · 143 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Water-soluble fluorescent copper, silver and gold nanoclusters with quantum yields of 2.2, 6.8 and 5.3%, respectively, are prepared by a robust photoreduction of their inorganic precursors in the presence of poly (methacrylic acid) functionalized with pentaerythritol tetrakis 3-mercaptopropionate.

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