Luminescent nanobeads: attachment of surface reactive Eu(III) complexes to gold nanoparticles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Apr 7:(13):1433-5. doi: 10.1039/b518091k. Epub 2006 Feb 22.

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles were used as a scaffold to assemble multiple tailor-made europium(III) complexes yielding water-soluble gold nanoparticles that display red, Eu(III), luminescence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Europium / chemistry*
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Luminescence*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*

Substances

  • Europium
  • Gold