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  • Title: Ligands engineering of gold nanoclusters with enhanced photoluminescence for deceptive information encryption and glutathione detection.
    Author: Chen M, Ning Z, Ge X, Yang E, Sun Q, Yin F, Zhang M, Zhang Y, Shen Y.
    Journal: Biosens Bioelectron; 2023 Jan 01; 219():114805. PubMed ID: 36279824.
    Abstract:
    Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) have appeared as an essential alternative to traditional quantum dots and fluorescent molecules for the development of intelligent stimuli-responsive photoluminescence (PL), but the low PL emission of Au NCs restricts their broad applications. Herein, we reported a simple yet effective strategy for preparing Au NCs with high PL by ligands engineering of 4-hydroxy-2-mercapto-6-methylpyrimidine (MTU) and L-Arginine (Arg). Owing to the rigidified shell and the ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) effects, it was found that the assembly of Arg ligand on MTU-protected Au NCs (Arg/MTU-Au NCs) led to a significantly enhanced PL in the alkaline solution up to 30 times. Moreover, utilizing the tunable LMCT, the Arg/MTU-Au NCs displayed rapid responses to multi-type ionic interaction in a reversible manner, such as H+/OH- and Cu2+/glutathione (GSH) pairs. Inspired by these intriguing ions-responsive LMCT and the associated switchable PL emission, the Arg/MTU-Au NCs were successfully used as excellent stimuli-responsive PL probes for intriguing deceptive information encryption and biosensing as well. This work would provide new insight into regulating the PL emission of Au NCs by ligands engineering and advance their potential applications in information encryption and bioassay.
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