Mini-emulsion solvent evaporation: A simple and versatile way to magnetic nanosensors

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 299-308

  Mistlberger, Günter ^a,c   Medina Castillo, Antonio L ^b   Borisov, Sergey M ^a   Mayr, Torsten ^a   Fernández Gutiérrez, Alberto ^b   Fernandez Sanchez, Jorge F ^b   Klimant, Ingo ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Light harvesting; Magnetic optical sensor particles; Miniemulsion solvent evaporation; Nanosensor; Oxygen sensor; pH sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952068743     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-010-0492-0     Document Type: Article

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