Science Daily September 24, 2019
An international team of researchers (Japan, Finland) found that when light was exposed to the surface of a tetracene alkanethiol-modified gold nanocluster, they were able to convert singlet oxygen at a highly efficient conversion rate of 160%, far exceeding 100% conversion, in comparison to the number of absorbed photons. An increase in lifetime of about 10,000 times was achieved by greatly suppressing the rapid loss of excitation energy on the metal surface. These findings are expected to contribute to areas such as solar energy conversion, electronics, life sciences, and medical care in the future…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE
