Luminescent silicon nanoparticles prepared by ultra short pulsed laser ablation in liquid for imaging applications

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 510-518

  Intartaglia, R ^a   Bagga, K ^a   Scotto, M ^a   Diaspro, A ^a   Brandi, F ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; CHEMICAL PRECURSORS; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROMETRY; ONE STEP; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY RATE; SHORT-PULSED LASER; SILICON NANOPARTICLES;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM YIELD;

SILICON;

EID: 84861123771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000510     Document Type: Article

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