Miniaturized Devices For Au Nanorods Detection

We present here some miniaturised devices designed for the detection of nanorods in water and blood media. The devices use light emitting diodes as monochromatic light sources and Si photodiodes for detection. Devices working on transmission mode are able to detect nanorods concentration below micro...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Carmona Tejero, Noemí, Bouzas, V., Jiménez de la Morena, J., García, M. A.
Format: book part
Publication Date:2010
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/45627
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45627
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:538.9
Nanorods
Surface plasmons
Biophysics
Física de materiales
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Summary:We present here some miniaturised devices designed for the detection of nanorods in water and blood media. The devices use light emitting diodes as monochromatic light sources and Si photodiodes for detection. Devices working on transmission mode are able to detect nanorods concentration below micrograms/litre. Sensitivity is reduced is one or of magnitude for nanorods in blood. We show detection of low nanorods concentration with devices working in reflection mode, opening the possibility to perform direct imaging of nanorods in vivo. The optima condition for detection and resolution limits are also discussed.