Herein, a colorimetric approach for the detection of ascorbic acid (AA) was developed by controlling the surface chemistry of silica-coated gold nanorod@silver nanoparticles (AuNR@Ag@mSiO2).
Dual-emitting bovine serum albumin–erbium(iii) complex-modulated gold–silver bimetallic nanoclusters (BSA–Er/Au/Ag-NCs) have been synthesized for the first time by a simple one-pot synthesis route.