Rhodamine B-coated gold nanoparticles as effective "turn-on" fluorescent sensors for detection of zinc II ions in water

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-159

  Tira, Daniela Simona ^a   Focsan, Monica ^a   Ulinici, Sorin ^b   Maniu, Dana ^a   Astilean, Simion ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b SC ICPE ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; FRET; Gold nanoparticles; Zn2+ ions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890954749     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2013.782557     Document Type: Article

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