Enhancement of the colorimetric sensitivity of gold nanoparticles with triethanolamine to minimize interparticle repulsion

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-162

  Ma, Mingyang ^a   Wang, Juan ^a   Zheng, Xingwang ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium ions; Cysteine; Gold nanoparticles; Interparticle repulsion; Triethanolamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251625920     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-010-0480-4     Document Type: Article

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