A single-molecule study of polycrystalline microstructure by fluorescence polarization spectroscopy

Journal of Luminescence

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-122

  Latychevskaia, Tatiana Yu ^b   Renn, Alois ^a   Wild, Urs P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diperinaphthylenpyren; Fluorescence; Hexadecane; Low temperature; Microscopy; Polarization spectroscopy; Polycrystalline; Single molecule; Spatial localization; Spectral dynamics; Spectral jumping; Terrylene; TLS; Wide field

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIPERINAPHTHYLENES; HEXADENENE; LOW TEMPERATURE; POLARIZATION SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE MOLECULE; SPECTRAL DYNAMICS; TLS; WIDE FIELD;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 27844598278     PISSN: 00222313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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