Impact of metal-modified AFM tips on the fluorescence of single nanocrystals

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6444, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Walhorn, Volker ^a   Schulz, Olaf ^a   Pelargus, Christoph ^a   Anselmetti, Dario ^a   Ros, Robert ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Quantum dots; Single molecule manipulation; TIRF

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOPHYSICS; BIOSENSORS; CONFORMATIONS; FLUOROPHORES; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EXCITON PLASMON COUPLING; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY (TIRFM);

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 34247351594     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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