Fluorescence and spin properties of defects in single digit nanodiamonds

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1959-1965

  Tisler, Julia ^a   Balasubramanian, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Naydenov, Boris ^a   Kolesov, Roman ^a   Grotz, Bernhard ^a   Reuter, Rolf ^a   Boudou, Jean Paul ^b   Curmi, Patrick A ^b   Sennour, Mohamed ^c   Thorel, Alain ^c   Börsch, Michael ^a   Aulenbacher, Kurt ^d   Erdmann, Rainer ^e   Hemmer, Philip R ^f   Jelezko, Fedor ^a   Wrachtrup, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e PICOQUANT GMBH   (Germany)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal fluorescence microscopy; Defects in diamond; Electron spin resonance; Fluorescence lifetime imaging; Fluorescent nanoparticle; Single molecule spectroscopy; Single spin manipulation

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLE; SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE SPIN MANIPULATION;

COLOR CENTERS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LABELS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SURFACE CLEANING; SURFACE DEFECTS; VACANCIES;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 68649095245     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9003617     Document Type: Article

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