The possibility and implications of dynamic nanoparticle surfaces

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 8358-8365

  McBride, James R ^a   Pennycook, Timothy J ^d,e   Pennycook, Stephen J ^c   Rosenthal, Sandra J ^a,b,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SUPERSTEM LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fluorescence intermittency; nanocrystal; nanoparticle; surface dynamics; trap states

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE INTERMITTENCY; NANOCRYSTAL SURFACE; NANOPARTICLE SURFACE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE DYNAMICS; TRAP STATE;

FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SURFACES;

EID: 84886999475     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403478h     Document Type: Review

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