TY - JOUR A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Hoffmann, Katrin A1 - Behnke, Thomas A1 - Ohnesorge, Marius A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Polymer- and glass-based fluorescence standards for the near infrared (NIR) spectral region N2 - The widespread use and acceptance of fluorescence techniques especially in regulated areas like medical diagnostics is closely linked to standardization concepts that guarantee and improve the comparability and reliability of fluorescence measurements. At the core of such concepts are dependable fluorescence standards that are preferably certified. The ever rising interest in fluorescence measurements in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral region renders the availability of spectral and intensity standards for this wavelength region increasingly important. This encouraged us to develop approaches to solid NIR standards based upon dye-doped polymers and assess their applicationrelevant properties in comparison to metal ion-doped glasses. The overall goal is here to provide inexpensive, easily fabricated, and robust internal and external calibration tools for a broad variety of fluorescence instruments ranging e.g. from spectrofluorometers over fluorescence microscopes to miniaturized fluorescence sensors. KW - Fluorescence standard KW - PMMA KW - Photostability KW - Perylene KW - Rhodamine 800 KW - Dye-doped polymers KW - Glass KW - Laser dye PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-010-0650-0 SN - 1053-0509 SN - 1573-4994 VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 953 EP - 961 PB - Plenum Publ. Corp. CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-22184 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -