Strong antenna-enhanced fluorescence of a single light-harvesting complex shows photon antibunching

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wientjes, Emilie ^a   Renger, Jan ^a   Curto, Alberto G ^a,b   Cogdell, Richard ^c   Van Hulst, Niek F ^a,d  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GOLD; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NANOMATERIAL;

ANTENNA; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; ENERGY FLUX; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX 2; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULE; PHOTON; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTONS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84903197999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5236     Document Type: Article

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