Gold nanoparticle films as sensitive and reusable elemental mercury sensors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 9557-9562

  James, Jay Z ^a   Lucas, Donald ^b   Koshland, Catherine P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE CHANGE; ABSORBANCES; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE FILMS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LANGMUIR-BLODGETT METHODS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY VAPOR; PEAK ABSORPTION; PEAK SHIFT; RATE MAKINGS; SENSING FILMS; UV-VIS SPECTROMETER; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE RANGE; VOLUME RATIO;

ADSORPTION; MERCURY (METAL); SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MERCURY;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOLD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICLE SIZE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; HEATING; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SENSOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VAPOR;

GASES; GOLD; MERCURY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84865788824     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3005656     Document Type: Article

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