Probing emission of a DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster from the sub-nanosecond to millisecond timescale in a single measurement

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A method for measuring emission over a range of sub-nanosecond to millisecond timescales is presented and demonstrated for a DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster (DNA-AgNC) displaying dual emission. This approach allows one to disentangle the temporal evolution of the two spectrally overlapping signals and to determine both the nano- and microsecond decay times of the two emission components, together with the time they take to reach the steady-state equilibrium. Addition of a second near-infrared laser, synchronized with a fixed delay, enables simultaneous characterization of optically activated delayed fluorescence (OADF). For this particular DNA-AgNC, we demonstrate that the microsecond decay times of the luminescent state and the OADF-responsible state are similar, indicating that the OADF process starts from the luminescent state.
Original languageEnglish
JournalChemical Science
Volume13
Issue number19
Pages (from-to)5582–5587
Number of pages6
ISSN2041-6520
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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