Table 2. Photophysical data of AuNCs in DMSO at room temperature (300 K)^a.

AuNC	QY (%)	τ (ns)	k r (s−1)	k nr (s−1)
AuNC–H	9.07	1.22	7.43 × 107	7.45 × 108
AuNC–CH3	9.64	1.24	7.77 × 107	7.29 × 108
AuNC–OCH3	11.56	1.69	6.84 × 107	5.23 × 108

^aAssociated errors of ±5%.