Recent advances in analytical applications of nanomaterials in liquid-phase chemiluminescence

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-232

  Su, Yingying ^a   Xie, Yani ^a   Hou, Xiandeng ^a   Lv, Yi ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan University   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; chemiluminescence; electrochemiluminescence; graphene; Nanomaterials; quantum dots; spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; GRAPHENE; LIQUIDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY; YARN;

ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CARBON-BASED; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; DNA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; ENERGY ACCEPTORS; MAGNETIC NANO-PARTICLES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84899893206     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704928.2013.819514     Document Type: Article

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