Single light emitters in electrospun polymer nanofibers: Effect of local confinement on radiative decay

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2205-2210

  Tomczak, Nikodem ^a   Gu, Shuying ^a   Han, Mingyong ^b,c   van Hulst, Niek F ^a   Julius Vancso, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Fluorescence lifetime; Quantum dots; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

DYES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELECTROSPINNING; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; SINGLE MOLECULE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33748926425     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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