Distortion of power law blinking with binning and thresholding

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Amecke, Nicole ^a   Heber, André ^a   Cichos, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; EMISSION TIME; FLUORESCENCE INTERMITTENCY; INTENSITY LEVELS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM SWITCHING; TIME RESOLUTION;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 84897823948     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4868252     Document Type: Article

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