Water-Soluble Photoluminescent Ag Nanoclusters Stabilized by Amphiphilic Copolymers as Nanoprobe for Hypochlorite Detection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Synthesis of Luminescent Ultrasmall Ag NCs and Phase Transfer
2.3. Detection of ClO−
2.4. Evaluation of Cytotoxicity of the As-Prepared DSPE-PEG-SDS@Ag NCs
2.5. Cellular Imaging
2.6. Instrumentation
3. Results
3.1. Characterizations of the DSPE-PEG-SDS@Ag NCs
3.2. Response of the DSPE-PEG-SDS@Ag NCs to ClO−
3.3. Cellular Imaging Using the DSPE-PEG-SDS@Ag NCs
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Lin, X.; Dong, Q.; Chang, Y.; Zhang, S.; Shi, P. Water-Soluble Photoluminescent Ag Nanoclusters Stabilized by Amphiphilic Copolymers as Nanoprobe for Hypochlorite Detection. Chemosensors 2024, 12, 166. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors12080166
Lin X, Dong Q, Chang Y, Zhang S, Shi P. Water-Soluble Photoluminescent Ag Nanoclusters Stabilized by Amphiphilic Copolymers as Nanoprobe for Hypochlorite Detection. Chemosensors. 2024; 12(8):166. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors12080166
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Xiangfang, Qinhui Dong, Yalin Chang, Shusheng Zhang, and Pengfei Shi. 2024. "Water-Soluble Photoluminescent Ag Nanoclusters Stabilized by Amphiphilic Copolymers as Nanoprobe for Hypochlorite Detection" Chemosensors 12, no. 8: 166. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors12080166