Microwave-Mediated Synthesis of Near-Infrared-Emitting Silver Ion-Modified Gold Nanoclusters for Ratiometric Sensing of Hydrosulfide in Environmental Water and Hydrogen Sulfide in Live Cells
Protein-stabilized gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are intensively used in nanoscale biological systems and biosensors. However, protein-stabilized AuNCs that exhibit an emission peak at the first near-infrared (NIR) window (700–900 nm) have rarely been explored. Herein, we present a rapid microwave synth...
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Veröffentlicht in: | ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering 2022-02, Vol.10 (7), p.2461-2472 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Protein-stabilized gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are intensively used in nanoscale biological systems and biosensors. However, protein-stabilized AuNCs that exhibit an emission peak at the first near-infrared (NIR) window (700–900 nm) have rarely been explored. Herein, we present a rapid microwave synthetic approach for developing NIR-emissive AuNCs (named NIR750-AuNCs) through pH-mediated NaBH4 reduction of HAuCl4 in the presence of lysozyme as a template. The NIR750-AuNCs exhibited emission peaks at 750 nm with luminescence lifetimes of 1.0 μs and quantum yields (QY) of 4.9%. The incorporation of Ag(I) into NIR750-AuNCs [named NIR750-AuNCs@Ag(I)] efficiently enhanced their QY (13.7%) and luminescence lifetime (1.9 μs) due to the coordination of the Ag(I) ions with electron-rich residues of the lysozyme shell that mediates the ligand-to-metal–metal charge transfer (LMMCT) process. Additionally, this coordination reaction enables NIR750-AuNCs@Ag(I) to exhibit excellent resistance to photobleaching. The lysozyme shell allowed the conjugation of NIR750-AuNCs@Ag(I) with FITC molecules. As a result, the as-made FITC/NIR750-AuNCs@Ag(I) display two well-resolved emission peaks at 525 and 750 nm with almost equal intensities. These outstanding features allowed the use of FITC/NIR750-AuNCs@Ag(I) for ratiometric sensing of 5–25 μM NaHS in environmental samples with an excellent reproducibility (relative standard deviation of intensity ratio ( |
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ISSN: | 2168-0485 2168-0485 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07440 |