- Photoreductive synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent metal nanoclusters.
Photoreductive synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent metal nanoclusters.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2012-01-19)
Hui Zhang, Xin Huang, Luo Li, Gaowen Zhang, Irshad Hussain, Zhen Li, Bien Tan
PMID22256356
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.