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17 December 2014 Photoinduced spectral changes of photoluminescent gold nanoclusters
Marija Matulionytė, Raminta Marcinonytė, Ričardas Rotomskis
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 5, 051018 (December 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.5.051018
Abstract
Ultrasmall photoluminescent gold nanoclusters (Au NCs), composed of several atoms with sizes up to a few nanometers, have recently stimulated extensive interest. Unique molecule-like behaviors, low toxicity, and facile synthesis make photoluminescent Au NCs a very promising alternative to organic fluorophores and semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) in broad ranges of biomedical applications. However, using gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) for bioimaging might cause their degradation under continuous excitation with UV light, which might result in toxicity. We report spectral changes of photoluminescent 2-(N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid (MES)-coated (Au-MES) NCs under irradiation with UV/blue light. Photoluminescent water soluble Au-MES NCs with a photoluminescence (PL) band maximum at 476 nm (λex=420  nm) were synthesized. Under irradiation with 402 nm wavelength light the size of photoluminescent Au-MES NCs decreased (λem=430  nm). Irradiating the sample solution with 330 nm wavelength light, nonluminescent Au NPs were disrupted, and photoluminescent Au NCs (λem=476  nm) were formed. Irradiation with 330 nm wavelength light did not directly affect photoluminescent Au-MES NCs, however, increase in PL intensity indicated the formation of photoluminescent Au NCs from the disrupted nonluminescent Au NPs. This study gives a good insight into the photostability of MES-coated Au NPs under continuous excitation with UV/blue light.
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Marija Matulionytė, Raminta Marcinonytė, and Ričardas Rotomskis "Photoinduced spectral changes of photoluminescent gold nanoclusters," Journal of Biomedical Optics 20(5), 051018 (17 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.5.051018
Published: 17 December 2014
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KEYWORDS
Gold
Absorption
Nanoparticles
Luminescence
Absorbance
Ultraviolet radiation
Chemical species
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