SURFACE ENHANCED SPECTROSCPY-ACTIVE COMPOSITE NANOP ARTICLES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS

摘要

New method for the preparation of improved Surface Enhanced Spectroscopy- Active Composite Nanoparticles (SACNs), which can be covalently or non-covalently affixed to entities of interest for the purpose of quantification, location, identification, tracking, and diagnosis, are described.