Microspot sensing based on surface-enhanced fluorescence from nanosculptured thin films

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Karabchevsky, Alina ^a   Khare, Chinmay ^b   Rauschenbach, Bernd ^b   Abdulhalim, Ibrahim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF SURFACE ENGINEERING IOM   (Germany)

Author keywords

fluorescence spectroscopy; optical biosensing; sculptured thin films; surface enhanced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; DEPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASMONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; OBLIQUE-ANGLE DEPOSITION; OPTICAL BIO-SENSING; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; SELF ASSEMBLY MONOLAYERS; SURFACE ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84864135828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.061508     Document Type: Article

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