Characterisation of hybrid gold-polymer nanoparticles for use in bioassays

Autor: Zul Merican, Tara L. Schiller, Peter M. Fredericks, Idriss Blakey
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
DOI: 10.1109/iconn.2006.340696
Popis: A series of novel gold-polymer nanoparticles that have been encoded with a SERS-active Raman molecule known as a 'Raman tag', have been synthesised. This study has demonstrated that using polymers with dithiocarbamate containing end groups, nanoparticles can be readily coated by using a phase transfer method. Thus far, two SERS-active molecules have been assessed for suitability as Raman tags. These molecules are rhodamine B isothiocyanate and fluorescein isothiocyanate. These hybrid nanoparticles have been characterized using SERS, TEM and UV-Vis spectroscopy
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