Environment-dependent blinking of single semiconductor nanocrystals and statistical aging of ensembles

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 19-23

  Verberk, R ^a   Chon, J W M ^b   Gu, M ^b   Orrit, M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blinking; Environment; Semiconductor; Single nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBSTRATES;

BLINKING; DECAY EXPONENTS; POWER LAW; SINGLE NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 13444304204     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2004.08.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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