Scanning near-field optical microscopy using semiconductor nanocrystals as a local fluorescence and fluorescence resonance energy transfer source

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 274-278

  Shubeita, G T ^a   Sekatskii, S K ^a   Dietler, G ^a   Potapova, I ^b   Mews, A ^b   Basche T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Near field optics; Semiconductor nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS SUBSTRATES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALIBRATION SAMPLES; DYE MOLECULE; FLUORESCENCE PROBES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS SUBSTRATES; MICROSCOPY IMAGES; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; PROBE-BASED; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER;

CADMIUM; GLASS; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CRYSTAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0038678024     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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