Orientational imaging of single molecules by using azimuthal and radial polarizations

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2565-2571

  Ishitobi, Hidekazu ^a   Nakamura, Issei ^b   Hayazawa, Norihiko ^b   Sekkat, Zouheir ^a,b,c,d   Kawata, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d HASSAN II ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS;

AZIMUTHAL POLARIZATION; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; FILM SURFACES; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE MOLECULE; POLAR ORIENTATION; POLARIZED LIGHT; RADIAL POLARIZATION; SINGLE MOLECULE;

POLYMERIC FILMS;

EID: 77749249076     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp905719b     Document Type: Article

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