Silver enhancement of gold nanoparticles for biosensing: From qualitative to quantitative

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-138

  Liu, Rui ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Zhang, Shuyue ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a   Gao, Ying ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

amplification; biosensing; gold nanoparticles; ICP MS; Silver enhancement

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSING; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; ICP-MS; QUANTITATIVE BIO-ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATIONS; SILVER ENHANCEMENT;

AMPLIFICATION; GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METAL NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

EID: 84882437260     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704928.2013.807817     Document Type: Review

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