The fluorescence intermittency for quantum dots is not power-law distributed: A luminescence intensity resolved approach

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3506-3521

  Schmidt, Robert ^a,b   Krasselt, Cornelius ^a   Göhler, Clemens ^a   Von Borczyskowski, Christian ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

CdSe ZnS; change point analysis; multiple recombination centers; photoluminescence decay; photoluminescence intermittency; single quantum dots; spectral diffusion

Indexed keywords

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON OXIDES;

CDSE/ZNS; CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE DECAY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTERMITTENCY; RECOMBINATION CENTERS; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84899451822     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn406562a     Document Type: Article

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