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Growth of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in photoresponsive fluid for UV sensing and erythema prediction

Pallares, RM; Wang, Y; Lim, SH; Thanh, NTK; Su, X; (2016) Growth of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in photoresponsive fluid for UV sensing and erythema prediction. NANOMEDICINE , 11 (21) pp. 2845-2860. 10.2217/nnm-2016-0191. Green open access

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Abstract

Aim: To develop a novel plasmonic nanosensing technique to monitor the exposure levels of UV light for sunlight disease prevention. Methods: Anisotropic gold nanoparticles were grown inside a UV photoresponsive fluid, which was previously exposed to UV radiation from different sources. The morphology and optical properties of the obtained nanoparticles were monitored by spectroscopy and microscopy. Results: The morphological and optical properties of the nanoparticles were dependent on the UV dose. The UV exposure levels were accurately correlated to the UV minimal doses to produce erythema to different skin types. Conclusion: This plasmonic nanosensing technique can be employed as novel sunlight-indexing tool for monitoring the dangerous level of skin exposure.

Type: Article
Title: Growth of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in photoresponsive fluid for UV sensing and erythema prediction
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0191
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2016-0191
Additional information: © Nguyen T. K. Thanh. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Science & Technology - Other Topics, erythema, gold nanorods, photoresponsive fluid, UV sensor, CHELATE CATALYZED OXIDATION, TRANS-CINNAMIC ACID, ASCORBIC-ACID, COLORIMETRIC DETECTION, ASPECT-RATIO, OPTICAL-PROPERTIES, CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS, VISUAL DETECTION, METAL-ION, NANORODS
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1532676
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