Journal
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages 1496-1501Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9668-0
Keywords
Fluorescence quenching; Gold nanoparticles; Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP); Non-radiative decay; Dielectric shell
Funding
- National Hightech Research and Development Program (863 Program) of China [2009AA04Z314]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [xjj20100049]
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Fluorescence quenching spectrometry was applied to study the interactions between gold colloidal nanoparticles and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). Experimental results show that the gold nanoparticles can quench the fluorescence emission of adsorbed AFP effectively. Furthermore, the intensity of fluorescence emission peak decreases monotonously with the increasing gold nanoparticles content. A mechanism based on surface plasmon resonance-induced non-radiative decay was investigated to illuminate the effect of a dielectric shell on the fluorescence quenching ability of gold nanoparticles. The calculation results show that the increasing dielectric shell thickness may improve the monochromaticity of fluorescence quenching. However, high energy transfer efficiency can be obtained within a wide wavelength band by coating a thinner dielectric shell.
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