Single fluorescent gold nanoclusters

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 16111-16118

  Yuan, C T ^a   Chou, W C ^b   Tang, J ^a   Lin, C A ^c   Chang, W H ^c   Shen, J L ^c   Chuu, D S ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; NANOCLUSTERS; PHOTOBLEACHING;

FLUORESCENCE BLINKING; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; LIFE-TIME DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOINDUCED FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENTS; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SINGLE MOLECULE MEASUREMENTS; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GOLD; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 69949088223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016111     Document Type: Article

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