Luminescent particles ranging from quantum dots and upconversion phosphors to dye-doped polymeric beads play an ever important role in the life sciences as fluorescent reporters in the case of nm-sized materials and as ?m-sized carriers in bead-based assays [1]. The development of rational design strategies for new nanomaterials and the evaluation of material performance require spectroscopic tools for the determination of signal-relevant optical properties like the fluorescence quantum yield [2-4] and analytical tools for the quantification of the number of surface groups and ligands [5-7]. Here, we present examples for the optical and analytical characterization of different types of nanomaterials and their use in new multiplexed detection schemes [9].

Spectroscopic and analytical characterization of luminescent nanoparticles and multiplexing applications

247th National Meeting (2014)

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