Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence of gold nanoparticle/graphene quantum dots for detection of Cr<sup>3+</sup> ions

You-Long Chen; Yi-Hua Hu; Xing Yang; You-Lin Gu; Xin-Yu Wang; Yu-Hao Xia; Xin-Yuan Zhang; Yu-Shuang Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.495683

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 10, 1781(2023)

Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence of gold nanoparticle/graphene quantum dots for detection of Cr³⁺ ions

You-Long Chen^1,2,3, Yi-Hua Hu^1,2,3,4、*, Xing Yang^1,2,3, You-Lin Gu^1,2,3, Xin-Yu Wang^1,2,3, Yu-Hao Xia^1,2,3, Xin-Yuan Zhang^1,2,3, and Yu-Shuang Zhang^1,2,3,5、*

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230037, China

²Key Laboratory of Electronic Restriction of Anhui Province, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230037, China

³Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei 230037, China

⁴e-mail: skl_hyh@163.com

⁵e-mail: yszhang@hnu.edu.cn

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Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

Received: May. 18, 2023

Accepted: Jul. 25, 2023

Published Online: Oct. 7, 2023

The Author Email: Yi-Hua Hu (skl_hyh@163.com), Yu-Shuang Zhang (yszhang@hnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.495683

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