The logical design of an emissive fluorophore–GNP conjugate should consider avenues to reducing the efficiency of excited state quenching. 3a Therefore in this paper we report the exploitation of small diameter GNPs, which possess a blue-shifted plasmon resonance, in the synthesis of luminescent water-soluble hybrid conjugates containing tethered diimine rhenium complexes. ... The syntheses of the functionalised pyridyl ligands were achieved via ...
