Luminescent Blinking from Noble-Metal Nanostructures: New Probes for Localization and Imaging

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-299

  Geddes, Chris D ^a   Parfenov, Alexandr ^b   Lakowicz, Joseph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced photostability; Luminescence blinking; Nanoparticles; Silver and gold nanostructures

Indexed keywords

EPIFLUORESCENCE GEOMETRY; MULTICOLOR BLINKING; NANOPHOTIC DEVICES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FRACTALS; GLASS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROBES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0346460143     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025369509842     Document Type: Review

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