Luminescent nanobeads: attachment of surface reactive Eu(iii) complexes to gold nanoparticles†
David J. Lewis,Thomas M. Day,Julie V. MacPherson,Zoe Pikramenou
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 02/22/2006 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B518091K
Abstract
Gold nanoparticles were used as a scaffold to assemble multiple tailor-made europium(III) complexes yielding water-soluble gold nanoparticles that display red, EuIII, luminescence.
