Abstract
Highly fluorescent, stable, water-soluble Ag nanoclusters have been successfully prepared via a convenient sonochemical approach using a simple polyelectrolyte, polymethylacrylic acid (PMAA), as a capping agent. The optical and fluorescence properties of the Ag nanoclusters can be easily controlled by varying the synthetic conditions, such as sonication time, stoichiometry of the carboxylate groups to Ag+, and polymer molecular weight.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3209-3214 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | ACS Nano |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 22 2010 |
Keywords
- Fluorescence
- Nanoclusters
- Silver
- Sonochemistry
- Ultrasound
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- General Engineering
- General Physics and Astronomy