title: Polymer-and glass-based fluorescence standards for the near infrared (NIR) spectral region.
abstract: The widespread use and acceptance of fluorescence techniques especially in regulated areas like medical diagnostics is closely linked to standardization concepts that guarantee and improve the comparability and reliability of fluorescence measurements. At the core of such concepts are dependable fluorescence standards that are preferably certified. The ever rising interest in fluorescence measurements in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral region renders the availability of spectral and intensity standards for this wavelength region increasingly important. This encouraged us to develop approaches to solid NIR standards based upon dye-doped polymers and assess their application-relevant properties in comparison to metal ion-doped glasses. The overall goal is here to provide inexpensive, easily fabricated, and robust internal and external calibration tools for a broad variety of fluorescence instruments ranging e.g. from spectrofluorometers over fluorescence microscopes to miniaturized fluorescence sensors.
authors.affiliation: BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing I.5, Richard-Willstaetter-Str. 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Würth
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Behnke
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohnesorge
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Resch-Genger
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D005453:Fluorescence; D005898:Glass; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000592:standards*; D011108:Polymers; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers
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