Synthesis of Luminescent Ag Nanoclusters with Antibacterial Activity

• Published in: Journal of nanomaterials Vol. 2015; no. 2015; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Shi, Wan-Zhen, Zhang, Yan-Hui, Wang, Guo-Qing, Bu, Chun-Po, Wang, Lei, Liu, Ying-Fan, Fang, Shao-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2015; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Acids; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antimicrobial agents; Aqueous solutions; Capping; Colleges & universities; Cytotoxicity; Emission; Growth rate; Light; Luminescence; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Quantum dots; Science; Silver; Synthesis

This paper focuses on the synthesis of novel Ag nanoclusters (NCs) using DHLA as capping reagents in aqueous solution by a photoreduction method. Luminescence studies indicated that the DHLA-Ag NCs exhibited strong blue emission with maximum peak at 480 nm. The maximum emission of the NCs can be gre...