Towards biosensing via fluorescent surface sites of nanoparticles: Fluorescence spectroscopy of silicon clusters in water, ethanol and isopropanol

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Galinis, Gediminas ^a   Yazdanfar, Hanieh ^a   Bayliss, Martyn ^a   Watkins, Mark ^a   Von Haeften, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio sensing; Clusters; Luminescence; Nanoparticles in liquids; Silicon; Solvent effects; Visible spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ETHANOL; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON; SOLVENTS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; BIOSENSING; CLUSTERS; FLUORESCENCE WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENT SENSING; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; SOLVENT EFFECTS; VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE;

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ICE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON; SOLVENT; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; DIPOLE; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREEZING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84863701745     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1019-x     Document Type: Article

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