pH-responsive luminescent lanthanide-functionalized gold nanoparticles with "on-off" ytterbium switchable near-infrared emission

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Sep 17;51(38):9624-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201200887. Epub 2012 Aug 29.

Authors

Laura K Truman¹, Steve Comby, Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.

PMID: 22930485
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200887

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Gold / chemistry*
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Infrared Rays*
Luminescence*
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
Ytterbium / chemistry*

Substances

Organometallic Compounds
Gold
Ytterbium