Synthesis and characterisation of highly fluorescent core-shell nanoparticles based on Alexa dyes

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Natte, Kishore ^a   Behnke, Thomas ^a   Orts Gil, Guillermo ^a   Würth, Christian ^a   Friedrich, Jörg F ^a   Österle, Werner ^a   Resch Genge, Ute ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexa dyes; Fluorescent particles; Nanobiotechnology; Nanoparticles; Protective shell; Quantum yields; Silica

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSING; COVALENT ATTACHMENT; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; FLUORESCENT CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLE; FLUORESCENT PARTICLES; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; INTEGRATING SPHERES; MONODISPERSITY; NEAR INFRA RED; PROTECTIVE SHELL; RATIONAL DESIGN; SCATTERING PARTICLES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICA PARTICLES; SILICA SHELL; TRIETHOXYSILANE;

AGGLOMERATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM YIELD; SILICA; SPHERES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLES;

3 AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; DYE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASPBERRY; SUSPENSION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84856075613     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0680-9     Document Type: Article

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