Dark Field Microspectroscopy with Single Molecule Fluorescence Sensitivity

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 848-856

  Weigel, Alexander ^a   Sebesta, Aleksandar ^a   Kukura, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

BACKGROUND SUPPRESSION; DARK FIELD MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALIZED SURFACES; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; STRAY LIGHT REJECTION; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

STRAY LIGHT;

EID: 84926143691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph500138u     Document Type: Article

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