Single Molecule Lifetime Fluctuations Reveal Segmental Dynamics in Polymers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Vallee R A L ^a   Tomczak, N ^a   Kuipers, L ^a   Vancso, G J ^a   van Hulst, N F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULES; PHOTONS; POLYSTYRENES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TEMPERATURE;

AMORPHOUS POLYMER MATRICES; FLUOROPHORES; LOCAL DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; NANOSCALE SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS; POLYISOBUTYL METHACRYLATE; SINGLE MOLECULE LIFETIME FLUCTUATIONS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0042386346     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.038301     Document Type: Article

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