Optical sensing of small ions with colloidal nanoparticles

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 738-745

  Jimenez De Aberasturi, Dorleta ^a,b   Montenegro, Jose Maria ^b   Ruiz De Larramendi, Idoia ^a   Rojo, Teófilo ^a   Klar, Thomas A ^c   Alvarez Puebla, Ramon ^d   Liz Marzán, Luis M ^d   Parak, Wolfgang J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

colloidal nanoparticles; optical ion sensing; plasmonics; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL ION SENSING; OPTICAL SENSING; PLASMONICS; QUANTUM DOT; SMALL IONS;

IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84858183273     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm202380r     Document Type: Review

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