Mobile Spies: Particles for Sensing and Communication

Content: Cover
 Half Title
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Introduction
 1: Challenge of Sensing
 2: Technical Concept: Particle-Based Sensing
 2.1 Requirements
 2.2 Information Transport by Particles
 2.3 Signal Conversion by Particles
 2.4 Particles as Primary Transducers and Secondary Noncontact Signal Transfer
 3: Optical Solutions: Synthesis and Applications of Optical Sensor Particles
 3.1 Optical Transduction Principles for Analyses and Sensing
 3.2 Optical Sensor Particle Types
 3.2.1 Fluorescence Sensing
 3.2.2 Phosphorescence Sensing 3.2.3 Signal Formation by Molecular Fluorescence Quenching3.2.4 Signal Transduction by Nanoparticle-Caused Fluorescence Quenching
 3.2.5 Signal Transduction by Nanoparticle-Enhanced Fluorescence
 3.2.6 Analyte Detection by Particle Aggregation-Related Fluorescence Quenching
 3.2.7 Particle-Based Thermal and Optical Sensing of Enzymatic Activities
 3.2.8 Bead-Related Fluorescence Switching
 3.2.9 Particle-Coupled Whole-Cell Sensing
 3.2.10 FRET Transduction
 3.3 Chemoluminescence Transduction
 3.4 Transduction by SERS
 3.5 Plasmonic Particles for Signal Transduction 3.6 Particle-Mediated Signal Enforcement at Interfaces3.7 Counting Binding Events by Particle-Mediated Nanolight Valves
 3.8 Nanoparticle-Supported Photothermal Effects and Photoacoustic Imaging
 3.9 Particle-Based Reversible Sensing by Photochemical Switching
 3.10 Hierarchical Particle Architectures for Optical Sensor Applications
 4: Particle-Based Longer-Wavelength Electromagnetic, Magnetic, and Electrostatic Transduction
 4.1 Infrared Readout
 4.2 Particle-Supported Signal Transduction by Micro- and Radiowaves
 4.3 Electrochemical Sensing and Electrical Signal Transfer 4.4 Signal Transduction by Magnetic Particles4.5 Ultrasound-Supported Sensing by Particles
 5: Construction Types and Preparation of Sensor Particles
 5.1 One-Component Responsive Nanoparticles
 5.2 Surface-Functionalized Micro- and Nanosensor Particles
 5.2.1 Surface Functionalization for Molecular Recognition Sites
 5.2.2 Fluorescent Silica Particles for Chemical and Biomolecular Sensing
 5.2.3 Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles
 5.2.4 Up-Converting Nanoparticles for Biolabeling and Sensing
 5.3 Swellable and Gel-Like Molecular-Doped Polymer Micro- and Nanoparticles 5.4 Two-Phase Composite Particles5.5 Multicomponent and Hierarchically Constructed Sensor Particles
 5.5.1 Bi- and Multicomponent Construction Strategies
 5.5.2 Nanoparticle-Doped Core/Shell Microparticles
 5.5.3 Functionalized Microcapsules for Sensing
 5.5.3.1 Formation principle of LBL-coated particles and LBL capsules
 5.6 Special Microfluidic Techniques for Preparation of Sensor Particles
 5.6.1 Particle Formation by Thermal Polymerization of Monomer Droplets
 5.6.2 Particle Formation by Photochemical Polymerization of Monomer Droplets