Chemical and physical aspects of charge transfer in the fluorescence intermittency of single molecules and quantum dots

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 637-642

  Orrit, Michel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77951964141     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b9pp00192a     Document Type: Review

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