title: Probing the Microporous Structure of Silica Shell Via Aggregation-Induced Emission in Au(I)-Thiolate@SiO2Nanoparticle.
abstract: An efficient method to investigate the window size of the silica shell generated via the classical Stöber method is reported by making use of the unique aggregation-induced emission property of Au(I)-thiolate complexes, which can precisely probe the porosity of the silica shell in Au(I)-thiolate@SiO2nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260.
authors.forename: Nirmal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260.
authors.forename: Jingguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260.
authors.forename: Qiaofeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
keywords: Au(I)-thiolate complexes; aggregation-induced emission; luminescent gold nanoclusters; luminescent probes; semipermeable properties; silica nanoparticles