N-Heterocyclic carbene-based C-centered Au(I)-Ag(I) clusters with intense phosphorescence and organelle-selective translocation in cells

Zhen Lei; Mizuki Endo; Hitoshi Ube; Takafumi Shiraogawa; Pei Zhao; Koichi Nagata; Xiao-Li Pei; Tomoya Eguchi; Toshiaki Kamachi; Masahiro Ehara; Takeaki Ozawa; Mitsuhiko Shionoya

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31891-3

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

N-Heterocyclic carbene-based C-centered Au(I)-Ag(I) clusters with intense phosphorescence and organelle-selective translocation in cells

Zhen Lei,
Mizuki Endo,
Hitoshi Ube,
Takafumi Shiraogawa,
Pei Zhao,
Koichi Nagata,
Xiao-Li Pei,
Tomoya Eguchi,
Toshiaki Kamachi,
Masahiro Ehara,
Takeaki Ozawa,
Mitsuhiko Shionoya

Affiliations

Zhen Lei: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Mizuki Endo: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Hitoshi Ube: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Takafumi Shiraogawa: Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science and SOKENDAI, Myodaiji
Pei Zhao: Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science and SOKENDAI, Myodaiji
Koichi Nagata: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Xiao-Li Pei: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Tomoya Eguchi: Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Toshiaki Kamachi: Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masahiro Ehara: Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science and SOKENDAI, Myodaiji
Takeaki Ozawa: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Mitsuhiko Shionoya: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31891-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Photoluminescent gold clusters have unique chemical and physical properties based on their perturbed electronic structures. Here, the authors report the synthesis of carbon-centered Au(I)-Ag(I) clusters with high phosphorescence quantum yields using N-heterocyclic carbene ligands.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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