Blinking statistics of small clusters of semiconductor nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25761-25768

  Whitcomb, Kevin J ^a   Ryan, Duncan P ^a   Gelfand, Martin P ^a   Van Orden, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINKING STATISTICS; CDSE/ZNS CORE/SHELL; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE INTERMITTENCY; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84890407814     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407659y     Document Type: Article

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