Revisiting the use of gold and silver functionalised nanoparticles as colorimetric and fluorometric chemosensors for metal ions

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 212, Issue , 2015, Pages 297-328

  Oliveira, Elisabete ^a,b,c   Núñez, Cristina ^a,b,d   Santos, Hugo Miguel ^a,b,e   Fernández Lodeiro, Javier ^a,b   Fernández Lodeiro, Adrián ^a,b   Capelo, José Luis ^a,b   Lodeiro, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b ProteoMass Scientific Society Madan Parque   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Detection; Gold; Nanoparticles; Sensors; Silver

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ERROR DETECTION; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYBRID MATERIALS; METAL IONS; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIOUS METALS; SENSORS; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

CHEMO-SENSORS; COLORIMETRIC PROPERTIES; GOLD AND SILVER; LARGE SURFACES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; TECHNICAL FIELDS; TOXIC METAL IONS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84923768788     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.02.026     Document Type: Review

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