Large scale solution assembly of quantum dot-gold nanorod architectures with plasmon enhanced fluorescence

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 9064-9074

  Nepal, Dhriti ^a   Drummy, Lawrence F ^a   Biswas, Sushmita ^a   Park, Kyoungweon ^a   Vaia, Richard A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

controlled spacing; directed assembly; gold nanorods; large scale; plasmon exciton; position; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED SPACING; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; GOLD NANOROD; LARGE-SCALE; PLASMON-EXCITON; POSITION;

EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; LITHOGRAPHY; NANORODS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84886991634     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403671q     Document Type: Article

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