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Intense fluorescence of Au20

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Ghiringhelli,  Luca M.
Theory, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Yu, C., Harbich, W., Sementa, L., Ghiringhelli, L. M., Apra, E., Stener, M., et al. (2017). Intense fluorescence of Au20. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(7): 074301. doi:10.1063/1.4996687.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002D-C758-2
Abstract
Ligand-protected Au clusters are non-bleaching fluorescence markers in bio- and medical applications. Here we show that their fluorescence can be an intrinsic property of the Au cluster itself. We find a very intense and sharp fluorescence peak located at λ=739.2 nm (1.68 eV) for Au20 clusters in a Ne matrix held at 6 K. The fluorescence reflects the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital-Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO-LUMO) diabatic bandgap of the cluster. Au20 shows a very rich absorption fine structure reminiscent of well defined molecule-like quantum levels. These levels are resolved since Au20 has only one stable isomer (tetrahedral); therefore our sample is mono-disperse in cluster size and conformation. Density-functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT calculations clarify the nature of optical absorption and predict both main absorption peaks and intrinsic fluorescence in fair agreement with experiment.