Langmuir, Vol.27, No.17, 10947-10952, 2011
Highly Photoluminescent Nanocrystals Based on a Gold(I) Complex and Their Electrophoretic Patterning
The fabrication of nanocrystals (NCs) composed of the cationic Au(I) complex was demonstrated, by the reprecipitation method in which colloidal solution of the NCs showed brilliant green phosphorescence with a quantum yield of 83% in n-hexane. Characterization of the prepared NCs was performed by transmission electron microscopy observation and elemental analysis with energy-dispersive-X-ray. spectroscopy. The obtained Au(I) NCs were particles of random shapes with a diameter of 200-400 nm. The selected-area diffraction and X-ray diffraction measurements showed the characteristic diffraction patterns attributable to the crystal structure of the bulk crystal of the Au(I) complex. A similar method was performed with a different counteranion, leading to a colloidal solution of the microcrystals (MCs) with brilliant yellow phosphorescence and a quantum yield of 26% in n-hexane. Luminescence deposition onto an indium tin oxide. (ITO)-coated glass substrate, resulting in characteristic luminescence patterns on the ITO substrates with relatively high photoluminescence quantum yields.