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Synthesis of Near-Infrared Emitting Gold Nanoclusters for Biological Applications
Published on: March 22, 2020
Superfluorinated and NIR-luminescent gold nanoclusters
V Dichiarante1, I Tirotta2, L Catalano3
1Fondazione Centro Europeo Nanomedicina, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy and Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. francesca.baldelli@polimi.it pierangelo.metrangolo@polimi.it.
Abstract:
A novel class of superfluorinated and NIR-luminescent gold nanoclusters were obtained starting from a branched thiol, bearing 27 equivalent 19F atoms per molecule. These unprecedented clusters combine in a unique nanosystem both NIR photoluminescence and 19F NMR properties, thus representing a promising multimodal platform for bioimaging applications.

