This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. We are currently developing a variety of noble metal structures, in particular silver, for applications in metal-enhanced fluorescence. These include immobilized silver colloids of various sizes, Silver fractal like structures and silver deposited by laser light illumination, as well electrolysis in pure water. In addition we were producing silver-silica composites produced via the sol-gel technique. Other work involves the study of intrinsic silver, gold and copper emission which typically occurs from colloids of the same, at high irradiances. We envisage use this technology for applications as molecular probes and labels.
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