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Extraction and Characterization of Surfactants from Atmospheric Aerosols
Published on: April 21, 2017
Rapid detection of trace amounts of surfactants using nanoparticles in fluorometric assays
Harri Härmä1, Susana Laakso, Sari Pihlasalo
1Laboratory of Biophysics and Medicity, University of Turku, Tykistökatu 6A, Turku, Finland. harri.harma@utu.fi
Nanoscale
|July 22, 2010
Abstract:
Rapid microtiter assays that utilize the time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer or quenching of dye-labeled proteins adsorbed onto the surfaces of polystyrene or maghemite nanoparticles have been developed for the detection and quantification of trace amounts of surfactants at concentrations down to 10 nM.

