Synthesis and characterization of monodisperse Eu-doped luminescent silica nanospheres for biological applications

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6991, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Enrichi, Francesco ^a   Riccò, Raffaele ^a   Parma, Alvise ^a,b   Riello, Pietro ^a,b   Benedetti, Alvise ^a,b  

^a Civen/Nanofab   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Biomarkers; Europium; Luminescence; Silica nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CURVE FITTING; EUROPIUM; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; ION BEAMS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOBLEACHING; PIGMENTS; RADIATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SPHERES; SURFACES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (PL) PROPERTIES; ACID ENVIRONMENTS; BIO PHOTONICS; BIO-IMAGING; BIO-SENSING; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; BROAD SPECTRAL; EMISSION INTENSITIES; EUROPIUM-DOPED; FLUORESCENT LIFETIME; FUNCTIONALIZED; LUMINESCENCE LIFETIMES; LUMINESCENT PARTICLES; MONO DISPERSED; MULTIPLE PROCESSING; NARROW EMISSION BANDS; NON-TOXIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PHOTONIC; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SILICA NANO-PARTICLES; SILICA NANOSPHERES; SILICA SPHERES; STOKES SHIFTS; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; SYNTHESIS (OF CHIRAL IONIC LIQUIDS); SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 44949221217     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.781504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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