Recent advances in the analytical applications of copper nanoclusters

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-75

  Hu, Xue ^a   Liu, Tingting ^a   Zhuang, Yunxia ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Yinying ^a   Fan, Wenhong ^b   Huang, Yuming ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Biolabeling; Chemiluminescent detection; Colorimetric detection; Copper nanoclusters; Electrochemical detection; Fluorescent detection; Fluorescent probe; Metal ions; Sensing

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FLUORESCENCE; METAL IONS; METALS; NANOCLUSTERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BIO-IMAGING; BIOLABELING; COLORIMETRIC DETECTION; COPPER NANOCLUSTERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FLUORESCENT DETECTION; FLUORESCENT PROBES; SENSING;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

ANION; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER NANOCLUSTER; COPPER NANOPARTICLE; FLUORESCENT DYE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CATALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; COLORIMETRIC SENSOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOMEDICINE; NANOSENSOR; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PH; PH SENSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSOR;

EID: 84954529510     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.12.013     Document Type: Review

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