Quantum yield and excitation rate of single molecules close to metallic nanostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Holzmeister, Phil ^a   Pibiri, Enrico ^a   Schmied, Jürgen J ^a   Sen, Tapasi ^a,b   Acuna, Guillermo P ^a   Tinnefeld, Philip ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

DNA; DYE; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; INFORMATION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULE; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD;

EID: 84922326779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6356     Document Type: Article

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