Abstract
We demonstrate the use of a self reducing silver complex as a precursor for the low cost, rapid deposition of silver nanoparticle films which display the metal enhanced fluorescence phenomenon. The morphology and optical properties are examined by AFM and UV-vis spectroscopy. The potential application of this approach is demonstrated by using the films as substrates for a fluorescence based model human IgG sandwich immunoassay, using both conventional benchtop PMT based detection and low cost CCD camera detection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 62836-62843 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | RSC Advances |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 77 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |