title: Separation distance dependent fluorescence enhancement of fluorescein isothiocyanate by silver nanoparticles.
abstract: Nanocomposites consisting of a metal core, a silica-spacer shell with controlled thickness, and a dye-labelled shell were synthesized and separation distance dependent fluorescence enhancement of fluorescein isothiocyanate by silver nanoparticles was studied; the results indicated an optimum enhancement of 4.8 times with a spacer shell thickness of 21 nm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543.
authors.forename: Daming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Qing-Hua
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Xu