Abstract
DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters (DNA-AgNCs) are a class of promising fluorophores for imaging and sensing applications. All aspects of their spectroscopic properties are not yet fully characterized, leaving this field still with a number of fundamental studies to be addressed. In this work, we studied the spectroscopic properties of red-emitting DNA-AgNCs at different pH (5 to 9) and ionic strength μ (0.005 to 0.5). The photophysical properties of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purified DNA-AgNCs proved to be constant over a large range of pH and μ, with absorption, emission and fluorescence decay times only being affected at very high pH and μ values. Non-purified DNA-AgNCs were also unaffected by pH and/or μ variations, but significant differences can be observed between the rotational correlation times of purified and non-purified DNA-AgNCs.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Methods and Applications in Fluorescence |
Vol/bind | 8 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 014005 |
Antal sider | 8 |
ISSN | 2050-6120 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 3 dec. 2019 |