Thermoresponsive silver/polymer nanohybrids with switchable metal enhanced fluorescence

Jingquan Liu, Aihua Li, Jianguo Tang, Rui Wang, Na Kong, Thomas P Davis

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Abstract

In this communication we describe a new approach to the fabrication of fluorescent silver/polymer nanohybrids with thermo-switchable metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF). By manipulating a soft polymer spacer between the silver nanoparticles and the fluorophores a tunable MEF was achieved. 

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4680-4682
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume48
Issue number39
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 May 2012
Externally publishedYes

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