Synthesis of Ag nanoclusters by a pH-dependent etching method in aqueous solution
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A Simple Method for the Size Controlled Synthesis of Stable Oligomeric Clusters of Gold Nanoparticles under Ambient Conditions
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Chunxiao Zhang1, Xiaoyi Sun, Juan Li
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, PR China.
Nanoscale
|June 6, 2013
Abstract:
We developed a pH-dependent etching method for the synthesis of stable fluorescent silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) in aqueous solution. The AgNCs emit at 530 nm when excited at 380 nm and can be used for Hg(2+) detection with a low detection limit and high selectivity.

