Chemistry Letters, Vol.44, No.2, 135-137, 2015
Fabrication and Metal-enhanced Fluorescence of Plasmonic Hybrid Nanotubes Consisting of Polythiophene and Silver Nanoparticles
The template-based electropolymerization of terthiophene-modified silver nanoparticles (NPs), 1-AgNP, produced AgNP polythiophene hybrid nanotubes, which were found to enhance fluorescence in solution and are stable under UV irradiation. The combination of plasmonic activity and chemical stability may allow for a variety of new applications.