Optical properties and charge distribution in rod-shape DNA-silver cluster emitters

While the atomic structure of DNA_Agn clusters remains unknown many efforts have been made to understand the photophysical properties of this type of systems. It is known that partial oxidation of the silver cluster is necessary for generation of fluorescent emitters. In this sense, the rod-shape mo...

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Autores: Taccone, Martín Ignacio, Berdakin, Matias, Pino, Gustavo Ariel, Sanchez, Cristian Gabriel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/90465
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/90465
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DNA STABILIZER SILVER NANOCLUSTER
PHOTOPHYSICS
SPECTROSCOPY
QUANTUM DYNAMICS
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Sumario:While the atomic structure of DNA_Agn clusters remains unknown many efforts have been made to understand the photophysical properties of this type of systems. It is known that partial oxidation of the silver cluster is necessary for generation of fluorescent emitters. In this sense, the rod-shape model proposed by Gwinn and coworkers (D. Schultz, K. Gardner, S. S. R. Oemrawsingh, N. Marke?evic, K. Olsson, M. Debord, D. Bouwmeester, and E. Gwinn, Adv. Mater., 2013, 25, 2797-2803), based on the idea that a neutral rod is generated with Ag+ acting as a ?glue? in between the neutral rod and the DNA bases, is a good approximation in order to explain experimental results. With the aim to shed light towards the understanding of these systems, we explore the electronic dynamics and charge distribution in zigzag rod-shape DNA_Agn clusters, using the Ag0/Ag+ stoichiometry found experimentally.