Abstract:

Silver nanoclusters have special physical and chemical properties and wide potential applications. In this paper, a method of rapid preparation of stable silver nanoclusters with strong fluorescence characteristics and small particle size was developed by using chromotropic acid 2R as the stabilizer and pH regulation twice. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the maximum emission wavelength of silver nanoclusters prepared is 450 nm, the maximum excitation wavelength is 336 nm, and the average particle size is 1.74 nm. The main particles are distributed in the region of 0.682.99 nm, the lattice spacing of the silver nanocluster is 0.223 nm, and the lattice type is (102). The silver nanoclusters can be used as probes for the determination of trace heavy metal ions, non-metallic ions in solutions and small molecules, the detection of weak acid concentration, and cell imaging.

Key words: pH regulation, chromotropic acid 2R stablizer, silver nanoclusters