Minimizing the photobleaching of self-assembled multilayers for sensor applications

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Goicoechea, J ^a   Zamarreño, C Ruiz ^a   Matias, I R ^a   Arregui, F J ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; HTPS; Layer by layer self assembly; Photobleaching

Indexed keywords

CURING; FLUORESCENCE; PH SENSORS; PHOTOBLEACHING; POLYELECTROLYTES; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

LAYER-BY-LAYER SELF-ASSEMBLY; MULTILAYER COATINGS; POLYANIONIC SOLUTIONS; SELF-ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 34548504560     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.10.037     Document Type: Article

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