Michel Orrit and colleagues propose to use single 20 nm diameter gold nanoparticles as a calibration standard for simultaneous detection of fluorescence and absorption (by means of photothermal detection).
Making gold nanoparticles fluorescent for simultaneous absorption and fluorescence detection on the single particle level
Alexander Gaiduk, Paul V. Ruijgrok, Mustafa Yorulmaz and Michel Orrit
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01389G
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