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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298646403321

Autore

Chen Lingxin

Titolo

Novel Optical Nanoprobes for Chemical and Biological Analysis [[electronic resource] /] / by Lingxin Chen, Yunqing Wang, Xiuli Fu, Ling Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-662-43624-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science, , 2191-5407

Disciplina

681.25

Soggetti

Analytical chemistry

Nanotechnology

Biomedical engineering

Environmental chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Environmental Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

A Brief Introduction to Optical Nanoprobes -- Colorimetric Nanoprobes -- Fluorescent Nanoprobes -- Surface-Enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoprobes -- Challenges and Perspectives of Optical Nanoprobes.

Sommario/riassunto

Novel Optical Nanoprobes for Chemical and Biological Analysis starts with a brief introduction to several kinds of versatile nanomaterials with novel optical properties, such as gold/silver nanoparticles, quantum dots, upconversion nanoparticles and graphene. It mainly focuses on the latest sensor design strategies, which apply the optical properties of nanomaterials to various detection techniques including colorimetry, fluorescence, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). These sensors are attractive owing to their high sensitivity, high specificity, and potential for easy quantification of targets in many applications, such as conventional chemical and biological analysis, clinical diagnosis, and intracellular system sensing as well as single-molecule



detection. The challenges and future perspectives for optical nanoprobes are also presented, such as the increase in sensitivity for real environmental and clinical samples, the design and application of multifunctional nanoplatforms, and biocompatibility of nanomaterials.