Luminescent nanobeads: attachment of surface reactive Eu(III) complexes to gold nanoparticles.
Gold nanoparticles were used as a scaffold to assemble multiple tailor-made europium(III) complexes yielding water-soluble gold nanoparticles that display red, Eu(III), luminescence.
Lewis
David J
DJ
School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UKB15 2TT.
Day
Thomas M
TM
MacPherson
Julie V
JV
Pikramenou
Zoe
Z
D005063:Europium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D049449:Luminescence; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015394:Molecular Structure; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*
D005063:Europium; D006046:Gold