Glucose-capped silver nanoparticles are used as probe for mercury detection. The sensing is based on amalgam formation resulting in decreased absorbance and blue-shift in absorption maxima. The method could selectively sense mercury upto 200 nM. © OSA 2016.

Amitava Mukherjee

Centre for Nanobiotechnology

Vellore Campus

Jitendra Satija

Nain A

Barman S.R

Kumaran M

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13th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics

Glucose-Capped Silver Nanoparticles as Smart Probe for Mercury Sensing

Journal	13th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics
Publisher	OSA
Open Access	0