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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 548284, 6 pages
Fluorescent Thiol-Derivatized Gold Clusters Embedded in Polymers
1Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials, National Research Council, Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055 Portici, Italy
2Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
3INFN Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
4Department of Material Engineering and Production, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
Received 9 April 2013; Accepted 28 May 2013
Academic Editor: Vladimir Tsukruk
Copyright © 2013 G. Carotenuto et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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