A Single Molecule Investigation of the Photostability of Quantum Dots

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Arnspang Christensen, Eva ^a   Kulatunga, Pasad ^b,c   Lagerholm, B Christoffer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SELENIDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURY; QUANTUM DOT; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; BLUE LIGHT; CAMERA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MICROSCOPE; PHOTODYNAMICS; PHOTOSTABILITY; REACTION TIME; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETER;

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865624047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044355     Document Type: Article

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