Efficient simultaneous fluorescence orientation, spectrum, and lifetime detection for single molecule dynamics

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Börner, Richard ^a   Kowerko, Danny ^b   Krause, Stefan ^b   Borczyskowski, Christian Von ^b   Hübner, Christian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ORIENTATION; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; MODEL SYSTEM; MULTI-PARAMETER DETECTION; ORIENTATIONAL DYNAMICS; PERYLENEDIIMIDES; SILICA SURFACE; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SINGLE-MOLECULE DYNAMICS; SPECTRAL JUMPS;

DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FLUOROPHORES;

EID: 84868362529     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4759108     Document Type: Article

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