Processing and characterization of gold nanoparticles for use in plasmon probe spectroscopy and microscopy of biosystems

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1130, Issue , 2008, Pages 201-206

  Chen, Yu ^a,b   Preece, Jon A ^b   Palmer, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanoclusters; Nanoparticles; Processing; Surface plasmon; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 47249129877     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1430.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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