Turn-on Luminescent Probe for Hydrogen Peroxide Sensing and Imaging in Living Cells based on an Iridium(III) Complex–Silver Nanoparticle Platform

Abstract A sensitive turn-on luminescent sensor for H2O2 based on the silver nanoparticle (AgNP)-mediated quenching of an luminescent Ir(III) complex (Ir-1) has been designed. In the absence of H2O2, the luminescence intensity of Ir-1 can be quenched by AgNPs via non-radiative energy transfer. Howev...

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Main Authors: Jinshui Liu, Zhen-Zhen Dong, Chao Yang, Guodong Li, Chun Wu, Fu-Wa Lee, Chung-Hang Leung, Dik-Lung Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09478-6