High-resolution imaging of electric field enhancement and energy-transfer quenching by a single silver nanowire using QD-modified AFM tips

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2284-2291

  Liu, Zheng ^a   Ricks, Allen M ^a   Wang, Haining ^b   Song, Nianhui ^a   Fan, Fengru ^c   Zou, Shengli ^b   Lian, Tianquan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aperture less near field fluorescence microscopy; atomic force microscopy; high resolution optical imaging; plasmonic nanostructures; quantum dot modified AFM tips

Indexed keywords

AFM TIP; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; NEAR-FIELD FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL IMAGING; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT SOURCES; NANOPROBES; NANOWIRES; PLASMONS; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84880528361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401051s     Document Type: Article

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