Interface Study on Zinc Oxide Quantum Dots Using Fluorometric and Regression Analysis in View of Optical Sensing

Analytical Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1278-1288

  Ng, Sing Muk ^a   Chin, Suk Fun ^b  

^a Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Copper (II) ion; Fluorescence quenching; Optical sensing; Regression analysis; Surface functionalization; Zinc oxide quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877295953     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.760100     Document Type: Article

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