Gold nanoparticles for enhanced single molecule fluorescence analysis at micromolar concentration

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 27338-27343

  Punj, Deep ^a   De Torres, Juan ^a   Rigneault, Hervé ^a   Wenger, Jérôme ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULES;

DIFFRACTION BARRIER; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; FLUORESCENT SPECIES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MICROMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

FLUORESCENCE;

BIOPOLYMER; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BIOPOLYMERS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84887420910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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