Real-time selective visual monitoring of Hg 2+ detection at ppt level: An approach to lighting electrospun nanofibers using gold nanoclusters

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Senthamizhan, Anitha ^a   Celebioglu, Asli ^a   Uyar, Tamer ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GOLD; MERCURY; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOFIBER; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT;

FLUORESCENT DYES; GOLD; LIGHT; MERCURY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOFIBERS; WATER;

EID: 84930669077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10403     Document Type: Article

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