Paper strip-embedded graphene quantum dots: A screening device with a smartphone readout

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Álvarez DIduk, Ruslan ^a   Orozco, Jahir ^a   Merkoçi, Arben ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; GRAPHITE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; QUANTUM DOT;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LUMINESCENCE; PAPER; SMARTPHONE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CITRIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; LUMINESCENCE; PAPER; PHENOLS; POLYPHENOLS; QUANTUM DOTS; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 85018161824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01134-3     Document Type: Article

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