We have designed a new type of fluorescent nanosensors through the preparation of organic luminescent nanocrystals grown in sol−gel films prepared by spin-coating. These nanosensors exhibit low cost preparation and easy nanocrystal functionalizations with the possibility to involve typical molecular probes while the sol−gel matrixes can be used as filters.
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