Editors: Christensen SD, Sedlacek AJ, Gillespie JB, Ewing KJ
Publisher: SPIE
ISBN: 0277-786X
Conference information: Chemical and Biological Sensors for Industrial and Environmental Monitoring II

Abstract: Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a process in which energy is transferred nonradiatively from one fluorophore (the donor) in an excited electron state to another, the chromophore (the acceptor). FRET is distinctive in its ability to reveal the presence of specific recognition of select targets such as the nerve agent stimulant Methyl Salicylate (MES) upon spectroscopic excitation. We introduce a surface imprinted and non-imprinted thin film that underwent AC-Electrospray ionization for donor-acceptor pair(s) bound to InGaP quantum dots and mesoporous silicate nanoparticles. The donor-acceptor pair used in this investigation included MES (donor) and 6-(fluorescein-5-(and-6)carboxamido) hexanoic acid, succinimidyl ester bound to InGaP quantum dots (acceptor). MES was then investigated as a donor to various acceptor fluorophore: InGaP: mesoporous silicate nanoparticle layers
Template and target information: methyl salicylate, MES
Author keywords: fluorescence resonance energy transfer,methyl salicylate,thin films,InGaP quantum dots, steady-state

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