Growth of in situ functionalized luminescent silver nanoclusters by direct reduction and size focusing

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8950-8961

  Muhammed, Madathumpady Abubaker Habeeb ^a   Aldeek, Fadi ^a   Palui, Goutam ^a   Trapiella Alfonso, Laura ^a   Mattoussi, Hedi ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ligand; luminescence; nanocluster; nanoparticle; reduction; size focusing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX FORMATIONS; DIRECT REDUCTION; FUNCTIONALIZED; IN-SITU; LIPOIC ACIDS; MOLAR RATIO; MOLECULAR SCALE; MULTIDENTATE; OPTICAL SPECTRA; PHASE GROWTH; REACTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SILVER NANOCLUSTERS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NITRATES; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDES; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; SYNTHETIC PROTOCOLS;

COMPLEXATION; FOCUSING; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUANTUM YIELD; REDUCTION; SODIUM;

SILVER;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84867837928     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302954n     Document Type: Article

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