Fluorescence intermittency limits brightness in CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles quantified by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1695-1708

  Rochira, Jennifer A ^a,b   Gudheti, Manasa V ^b   Gould, Travis J ^b   Laughlin, Ryan R ^b   Nadeau, Jay L ^c,d   Hess, Samuel T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b McGill University ^*  (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY (PCS); FLUORESCENCE INTERMITTENCY; PHOTOBLEACHING;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33847407023     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp067141t     Document Type: Article

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