title: Lighting up thiolated Au@Ag nanoclusters via aggregation-induced emission.
abstract: A simple strategy has been developed to synthesize highly luminescent thiolated Au@Ag nanoclusters (NCs) by using Ag(i) ions to bridge small Au(i)-thiolate motifs on the weakly luminescent thiolated Au NCs, leading to the formation of large Au(i)/Ag(i)-thiolate motifs on the NC surface and thus generating strong luminescence via aggregation-induced emission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117576, Singapore. chexiej@nus.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Xinyue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yong
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authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhentao
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authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Qiaofeng
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authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: David Tai
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authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: Jianping
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authors.lastname: Xie