Temperature induced conformational changes in hybrid complexes formed from CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals and the phycobiliprotein antenna of Acaryochloris marina

Journal of Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Schmitt, Franz Josef ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acaryochloris marina; Fluorescence; F rster resonance energy transfer; Hybrid systems; Phycobiliprotein antenna; Pigment protein complexes; Quantum dots; Time and wavelength correlated single photon counting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MARINAS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOANTENNAS; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; WAVE FUNCTIONS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CDSE/ZNS QUANTUM DOTS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTION; PIGMENT-PROTEIN COMPLEXES; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT FLUORESCENCE; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 78649628655     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/8/084008     Document Type: Article

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