Enhanced nonlinear photoluminescence of Au-carbon dot nanohybrids produced by photocatalytic reduction of Au(III) ions
A. A. Astafiev+×, A. M. Shakhov+×, S. A. Minayeva*, V. A. Nadtochenko+×
+N. N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
*Federal Research Center "Crystallography and Photonics", Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
×Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Abstract
Nanohybrids composed of carbon dots and gold nanoparticles are of considerable interest for
luminescence imaging, photocatalysis, luminescence sensing and nonlinear optics. We describe a
method for controlled growth of Au nanoparticles on the carbon nanodots by photocatalytic
reduction of Au(III) ions under blue light irradiation. The resulting Au-carbon dots nanohybrids
exhibit enhanced nonlinear photoluminescence under near-infrared femtosecond laser excitation
with intensity which sharply depends on the gold to carbon dots volume ratio. Bright broadband
photoluminescence of nanohybrids makes them attractive for luminescent imaging.