A new strategy to construct gold nanocluster-based optical probes using luminescence resonance energy transfer. Issue 45 (10th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhai, Shuyang; Hu, Wei; Fan, Chen; Feng, Wenqi; Liu, Zhihong
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 57:Issue 45(2021)
• Page Start: 5542
• Page End: 5545
• Publication Date: 2021-05-10
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01482j
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Monolayer protected gold nanoclusters were applied as a pH sensitive luminescent NIR probe based on the LRET mechanism in living cells. Abstract : Monolayer-protected metal nanoclusters (MPCs) are emerging as intriguing luminescent materials, but the construction of MPC-based optical probes is still scarce because of both the limited photoluminescence efficiency of MPCs and the lack of recognition mechanism. We herein propose a luminescence resonance energy transfer-based strategy to circumvent these problems.