Surface-functionalized gold and silver nanoparticles, AuNPs and AgNPs for short, prepared
via the modification of organic chelating motifs by covalent or non-covalent bonds, represent …

1. INTRODUCTION Detection of chemical and biological agents plays a fundamental role in
biomedical, forensic and environmental sciences 1− 4 as well as in anti bioterrorism …

Metal-free room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials offer unprecedented
potentials for photoelectric and biochemical materials due to their unique advantages of …

Pure organic persistent room‐temperature phosphorescence (p‐RTP) under ambient
conditions is attractive but challenging due to the slow intersystem crossing process and …

The photoluminescence properties of rare-earth (lanthanide) compounds have been
fascinating researchers for decades. 1-14 An attractive feature of luminescent lanthanide …

It is still very challenging to obtain colorful and long‐afterglow room‐temperature
phosphorescent (RTP) materials from pure organic polymers. Herein, it is found that …

Metal or metal oxide nanoparticles possess unique features compared to equivalent larger-
scale materials. For applications, it is often necessary to stabilize or functionalize such …

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) has been widely used as a spectroscopic
technique in various areas such as structural elucidation of biological molecules and their …

Because of their photo-optical distinctiveness and biocompatibility, gold nanoparticles
(AuNPs) have proven to be powerful tools in various nanomedicinal and nanomedical …

A novel one step synthesis of water soluble Au and Ag nanoparticles has been reported at
room temperature using a naturally occurring bifunctional molecule, namely, gallic acid. The …