Facile synthesis and characterization of Au nanoclusters-silica fluorescent composite nanospheres

Huiping Wang; Chaoyong Xu; Chengzhi Zheng; Wei Xu; Tianjiao Dong; Kanglei Liu; Heyou Han; Jiangong Liang

doi:10.1155/2013/972834

Facile synthesis and characterization of Au nanoclusters-silica fluorescent composite nanospheres

Huiping Wang, Chaoyong Xu, Chengzhi Zheng, Wei Xu, Tianjiao Dong, Kanglei Liu, Heyou Han, Jiangong Liang^*

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Huazhong Agricultural University

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Abstract

We developed a novel method for the synthesis of Au nanoclusters (NCs) silica fluorescent composite nanospheres by mixing the as-prepared bovine serum albumin (BSA) protected Au NCs with amino-modified silica spheres in acetate buffer solution. The products were characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), fluorescent microscope imaging (FLMI), and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements. The proposed method was simple, efficient, and inexpensive. In addition, the composite nanospheres exhibited favorable water-dispersible, stable, and fluorescent properties, potentially leading to further applications in chemical and biological sensors. A reasonable mechanism was also proposed for the formation of composite nanospheres.

Original language	English
Article number	972834
Journal	Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume	2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/972834
Publication status	Published - 2013
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