Title :
Effect of gold nanoparticle size on fluorescence quenching of rhodamine 6G measured using dual beam thermal lens technique
Author :
Kumar, B. Rajesh ; Basheer, N. Shemeena ; George, Sajan D. ; Kurian, Achamma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Photonics Lab., Pathanamthitta, India
Abstract :
In this paper we report the application of dual beam thermal lens technique to study the effect of gold nanoparticle size on the fluorescence quenching of rhodamine 6G. Gold nanoparticles are synthesized using citrate reduction of gold chloride trihydrate in water. The analysis of the results showed that the quenching efficiency increases with increase in size of gold nanoparticle.
Keywords :
fluorescence; nanoparticles; organic compounds; quenching (thermal); reduction (chemical); thermal lensing; Au; citrate reduction; dual beam thermal lens; fluorescence quenching; gold chloride trihydrate; gold nanoparticle size; rhodamine 6G; water; Fluorescence; Gold; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lenses; Nanoparticles; Thermal lensing; Au nanoparticles; Fluorescence quenching; Thermal lens technique;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics (ICP), 2012 IEEE 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Penang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1461-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICP.2012.6379869
