Non-blinking quantum dot with a plasmonic nanoshell resonator

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 170-175

  Ji, Botao ^a   Giovanelli, Emerson ^a   Habert, Benjamin ^b   Spinicelli, Piernicola ^a   Nasilowski, Michel ^a   Xu, Xiangzhen ^a   Lequeux, Nicolas ^a   Hugonin, Jean Paul ^b   Marquier, Francois ^b   Greffet, Jean Jacques ^b   Dubertret, Benoit ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GOLD COATINGS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSHELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; QUENCHING; RESONATORS; SILICA;

EMISSION INTENSITY; FLUORESCENT NANOCRYSTALS; FLUORESCENT PARTICLE; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; PLASMONIC RESONATORS; SINGLE PARTICLE; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOSHELL; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOSHELL; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUORESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84926089839     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.298     Document Type: Article

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