Exceptional Two-Photon Absorption in Alkynylruthenium-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrids

摘要： Ruthenium alkynyl “star” complexes with tri(2-thienyl)-, tris(1,2,3-triazolyl)-, or triphenyl-benzene cores stabilize gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Cyclic voltammetry, transmission electron microscopy, molecular modeling, dynamic light scattering, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy studies are consistent with ca. 5 trithienyl- or triazolyl-benzene-cored star complexes decorating the exterior of each AuNP. The ca. 2.5 nm diameter (by TEM) trithienylbenzene-cored gold nanoparticle hybrids are significantly less absorbing than classical Brust nanoparticles stabilized by 1-dodecanethiol; with femtosecond pulsed radiation, they exhibit exceptionally strong saturable absorption and two-photon absorption across the visible range and into the NIR region (3,000,000 GM at 500 nm, 46,000 GM at 750 nm; 1 GM = 10-50 cm4 s photon-1).