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A Brief Introduction to Optical Nanoprobes

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Nanomaterial-based novel optical nanoprobes have been extensively developed because of their high sensitivity, high specificity, and potential for easy quantification of species in chemical and biological analysis. With the development of nanotechnology, various kinds of nanomaterials with novel optical properties have been generated, laying the foundation of optical nanoprobes. By further integrating receptors (chemical ligand, aptamer, molecular imprinting polymer, etc.), the chemical information of binding specific targets will transform into analytically useful optical variation signals, employing different detection techniques including colorimetry/UV–Vis spectra, fluorometry and surface enhanced Raman scatting. In this chapter, a brief introduction of optical nanoprobes is given in terms of nanomaterials, recognition units, and optical detection.

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Chen, L., Wang, Y., Fu, X., Chen, L. (2014). A Brief Introduction to Optical Nanoprobes. In: Novel Optical Nanoprobes for Chemical and Biological Analysis. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43624-0_1

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