Direct laser writing of photostable fluorescent silver nanoclusters in polymer films

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11165-11171

  Kunwar, Puskal ^a   Hassinen, Jukka ^b   Bautista, Godofredo ^a   Ras, Robin H A ^b   Toivonen, Juha ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Metal nanoclusters; Optical lithography; Photobleaching; Photoluminescence; Photostability; Polymer

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FLUORESCENCE; METAL IONS; NANOCLUSTERS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYMERS; SILVER;

DIRECT LASER WRITING; DISCRETE ENERGY LEVELS; HIGH DENSITY DATA STORAGE; METAL NANOCLUSTERS; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; PHOTO-STABILITY; POLY (METHACRYLIC ACID); VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84912557970     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5059503     Document Type: Article

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