Impact of local compressive stress on the optical transitions of single organic dye molecules

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 182-186

  Stöttinger, Sven ^a   Hinze, Gerald ^a   Diezemann, Gregor ^a   Oesterling, Ingo ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^b   Basché, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELECTRONIC STATES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM THEORY;

ADSORBED MOLECULES; COMPRESSIVE FORCES; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; ISOLATED MOLECULES; ORGANIC DYE MOLECULES; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL;

MOLECULES;

DYE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM YIELD; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLORING AGENTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMIDES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PERYLENE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84895925071     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.303     Document Type: Article

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