Investigation of the fluorescence quenching depending on excitation wavelengths of rhodamine B to quantify silver nanoparticles via the inner filter effect

Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) with a size of around 9 nm were fabricated and quantified through fluorescence quenching of rhodamine B (RhB). A series of solutions composed of RhB with various concentrations of Ag NPs ranging from 0.09 pM to 0.98 pM were prepared, and optical properties were investigated by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies.