Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence and FRET in Multilayer Core-Shell Nanoparticles

Figure 13

Multilayer nanoarchitecture featuring a metal core surrounded by a silica spacer layer, a fluorescent silica layer containing acceptor molecules, and cationic conjugated polymers absorbed on the outer fluorescent silica shell through electrostatic interactions. (Reprinted with permission from [41], Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society).