Facile synthesis of fluorescent gold nanoclusters and their application in cellular imaging

Li Shang, René M. Dörlich, Stefan Brandholt, Naghmeh Azadfar, Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus

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摘要

Fluorescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) have many attractive features, including ultrasmall size, good biocompatibility and large Stokes shift, thus making them promising alternatives as fluorescent markers for biological applications. We have developed a facile method of synthesizing water-soluble, near-infrared (NIR) luminescent AuNCs. By virtue of the long fluorescence lifetime of these AuNCs, we explored their application in cellular fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM). Furthermore, the interaction of AuNCs with biomolecules such as proteins has been investigated. Upon protein association, the fluorescence of AuNCs was found to be enhanced and their luminescence lifetime was prolonged. Our studies underline the importance of studying the behavior of AuNCs within the complex biological environment for their application as novel cellular imaging probes.

源语言英语
主期刊名Colloidal Nanocrystals for Biomedical Applications VII
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 2012
已对外发布
活动Colloidal Nanocrystals for Biomedical Applications VII - San Francisco, CA, 美国
期限: 21 1月 201222 1月 2012

出版系列

姓名Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
8232
ISSN(印刷版)1605-7422

会议

会议Colloidal Nanocrystals for Biomedical Applications VII
国家/地区美国
San Francisco, CA
时期21/01/1222/01/12

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