Publisher: IEEE
ISBN: 978-1-5090-1467-5
Conference information: Proceedings, 2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)
Abstract: Molecularly imprinted polymers are efficient materials to detect selectively target molecules with a very high sensitivity. In this study, we associate them to 3D self-assembled photonic crystals and extend their use to the detection of nanoparticles. We focus on the realization of the imprint of nanoparticles, in our case fluorescent nanocrystals, and demonstrate the efficiency of the imprinting method in terms of specificity and selectivity. We also show that very low concentrations of specific nanocrystals imprinted in polymer thin films can be detected
Template and target information: nanoparticles, quantum dots, CdTeSe/ZnS nanocrystals
Author keywords: fluorescence spectroscopy, imprinted polymer, Photonic crystal