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Adenosine monophosphate-capped gold(i) nanoclusters: synthesis and lanthanide ion-induced enhancement of their luminescence

Elena Zaballos-garcíaJulie P. VanegasPablo Londoño-larreaJulia Pérez-prietoMaría González-béjar

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Adenosine monophosphateHEPESLanthanidePhotoluminescenceGeneral Chemical Engineering02 engineering and technologyGeneral Chemistry010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyPhotochemistry01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesNanoclusterschemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyAbsorption (chemistry)0210 nano-technologyLuminescence

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Reduction of Au3+ in the presence of just adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP) and a zwitterionic organic chemical buffering agent, specifically 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES), combined with light exposure, gives rise to luminescent, water-soluble Au+ nanoclusters (Au+ NCs). The photoluminescence of these NCs is considerably enhanced by adding Y3+ or the chemically similar Yb3+ lanthanide that leads to Au+/Y3+ and Au+/Yb3+ NCs, respectively. These NCs are characterised by absorption (steady-state), photoluminescence (steady-state and time-resolved), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra01891b