Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: from Optical Sensors to Biosensors
E. Fortunato, L. Santos, A. Gonçalves. A. Pimentel, A. Marques, R. Martins
i3N/CENIMAT, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science and Technology,
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516
Caparica, Portugal
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In this paper we refer the work performed within i3N/CENIMAT in the area of functional
metal oxide nanoparticles to be used in a wide range of applications, from optical sensors to
biosensors.
In these work we will refer to the use of a very simple synthesis process based on the
hydrothermal method to produce ZnO, WO3 and VO2 nanoparticles, that will be used in
optical sensors, biosensors and as thermochromic materials, respectively.
During the presentation real examples of applications will be given.
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