Kennedy, Thomas A.C.MacLean, James L.Liu, Juewen2017-03-032017-03-032012-07-11http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2CC32841Khttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/11405Blue fluorescent gold nanoclusters were prepared in the presence of poly-cytosine DNAs at low pH and poly-adenine at neutral pH using citrate as the reducing agent; various buffer conditions affecting the synthesis have been explored.engold nanoclustersDNAcitrateBlue emitting gold nanoclusters templated by poly-cytosine DNA at low pH and poly-adenine DNA at neutral pHArticle