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Fluorescent Platinum Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Purification, Characterization, and Application to Bioimaging
Author(s) -
Tanaka ShinIchi,
Miyazaki Jun,
Tiwari Dhermendra K.,
Jin Takashi,
Inouye Yasushi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201004907
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , fluorescence , characterization (materials science) , platinum , nanotechnology , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , optics
Let your light shine : The atomically monodisperse Pt 5 nanocluster has low cytotoxicity and a fluorescence quantum yield of 18 %. Furthermore, it can be used as a fluorescent probe for cellular imaging (see picture; gray sphere: Pt 5 nanocluster; PAMAM (G4‐OH): fourth‐generation polyamidoamine dendrimer; scale bar 20 μm).