Morphology-dependent energy transfer dynamics in fluorene-based amphiphile nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4777-4787

  Stevens, Amy L ^a   Kaeser, Adrien ^b   Schenning, Albertus P H J ^b   Herz, Laura M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conjugated molecules; amphiphile; morphology; nanoparticles; self assembly

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR CONCENTRATIONS; ACCEPTOR EMISSION; AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTRA; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERACTION; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ENERGY TRANSFER DYNAMICS; HIGH STABILITY; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; POLAR SOLVENTS; SPECTRAL OVERLAP; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TWO-COMPONENT;

AMPHIPHILES; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOPARTICLES;

FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORENES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84862894067     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204942r     Document Type: Article

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