Carbon dots and fluorescein: The ideal FRET pair for the fabrication of a precise and fully reversible ammonia sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 253, Issue , 2017, Pages 714-722

  Hsu, C P ^a   Hejazi, Z ^a   Armagan, E ^a   Zhao, S ^a   Schmid, M ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Guo, H ^a,b   Weidenbacher, L ^a,b   Rossi, R M ^a   Koebel, M M ^a   Boesel, L F ^a   Toncelli, C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonia sensor; Carbon dots; F rster resonance energy transfer; Hydrophobic surfaces

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AMMONIA; DIAMONDS; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUOROPHORES; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; SOLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA SENSORS; CARBON DOTS; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRACETIC ACID; HYDROPHILIC GROUPS; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; LINEAR CALIBRATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85021926444     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.07.001     Document Type: Article

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