Highly sensitive fluorescent and colorimetric pH sensor based on polyethylenimine-capped silver nanoclusters

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1199-1205

  Qu, Fei ^a   Li, Nian Bing ^a   Luo, Hong Qun ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; COLOR CHANGES; COLOR INDICATOR; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; HYPERBRANCHED; NANOSCALED; PH DETECTION; PH PROBE; PH RANGE; PH VALUE; PH-RESPONSIVE; PHARMACEUTICAL FIELDS; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; POLYETHYLENIMINES; SILVER NANOCLUSTERS;

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; NANOCLUSTERS; PH; PH SENSORS;

SILVER;

EID: 84873112424     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la304558r     Document Type: Article

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