Nanoparticle metrology standards based on the time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy of silica colloids

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Apperson, Kathleen ^a   Karolin, Jan ^a   Martin, Robert W ^a   Birch, David J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloidal silica; Fluorescence anisotropy decay; Fluorescence decay time; LUDOX; Nanometrology; Nanoparticle; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLOIDS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS;

COLLOIDAL SILICA; FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY DECAY; FLUORESCENCE DECAY TIME; LUDOX; NANOMETROLOGY;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 63749119157     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/2/025310     Document Type: Article

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