Fluorescence spectroscopy of single CdSe nanocrystals

Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Assembly, Spectroscopy and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 311-347

  Lupton, John M ^a   Müller, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-75237-1_11     Document Type: Chapter

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