title: Two-photon absorption of ligand-protected Ag15 nanoclusters. Towards a new class of nonlinear optics nanomaterials.
abstract: We report theoretical and experimental results on two-photon absorption (TPA) cross section of thiolated small silver cluster Ag15L11 exhibiting extraordinary large TPA in red. Our findings provide the responsible mechanism and allow proposing new classes of nanoclusters with large TPAs which are promising for biological and medical applications.
authors.affiliation: Center of excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean region (STIM) at Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Sciences and Technology (ICAST), University of Split, Meštrovićevo šetalište 45, HR-21000 Split, Republic of Croatia.
authors.forename: Željka
authors.initials: Ž
authors.lastname: Sanader
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krstić
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Russier-Antoine
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertorelle
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dugourd
authors.forename: Pierre-François
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Brevet
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Antoine
authors.forename: Vlasta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bonačić-Koutecký