Synthesis, optical properties and applications of ultra-small luminescent gold nanoclusters

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-82

  Cui, Malin ^a   Zhao, Yuan ^a   Song, Qijun ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical application; Biological application; Environmental monitoring; Fluorescence; Gold nanocluster; Gold nanoparticle; Ion detection; Luminescence; Optical property; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; MULTILAYERS; NANOCLUSTERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; ION DETECTION;

GOLD;

GOLD NANOCLUSTER; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; METAL ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; ELECTROSTATICALLY INDUCED REVERSIBLE PHASE TRANSFER METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETCHING BASED SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; KINETICALLY CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREDUCTIVE SYNTHESIS; PHOTOSTABILITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; SONOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPLATE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84899866940     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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