Photophysical characterization and α-type delayed luminescence of rapidly prepared Au clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 16650-16657

  Mali, Buddha ^a   Dragan, Anatoliy I ^a   Karolin, Jan ^a   Geddes, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAYED FLUORESCENCE; DELAYED LUMINESCENCE; EMISSION LIFETIME; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; FLUORESCENT PROBES; PHOTOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84882340481     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4023184     Document Type: Article

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