Nanoparticle metrology in sol-gels using multiphoton excited fluorescence

Karolin, J. and Geddes, C.D. and Wynne, Klaas and Birch, D.J.S. (2001) Nanoparticle metrology in sol-gels using multiphoton excited fluorescence. Measurement Science and Technology, 13 (1). pp. 21-27. ISSN 0957-0233 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/13/1/303)

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Abstract

We have developed a method of measuring the growth of nanoparticles during sol-gel glass formation based on labelling the particle with a fluorescent dye and determining the multiphoton excited decay of fluorescence anisotropy due to Brownian rotation. Multiphoton excitation is shown to give a higher dynamic range of measurement than one-photon excitation. We illustrate the sub-nanometre resolution and stability of our approach by detecting a 0.8-1.1 nm silica particle hydrodynamic mean radius increase in a tetramethylorthosilicate sol at pH 2.3 labelled with rhodamine 6G and observed over ≈4 weeks and also with a stable silica colloid of radius 6 nm, pH 8.9, labelled with a 6-methoxyquinoline-type dye.

ORCID iDs

Karolin, J., Geddes, C.D., Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 and Birch, D.J.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6400-1270;
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