Nanoscale imaging and spontaneous emission control with a single nano-positioned quantum dot

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ropp, Chad ^a   Cummins, Zachary ^a   Nah, Sanghee ^b   Fourkas, John T ^b   Shapiro, Benjamin ^a   Waks, Edo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; FLUID FLOW; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNETISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NANOANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; SIMULATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84874631333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2477     Document Type: Article

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