Ligand binding to distinct sites on nanocrystals affecting energy and charge transfer

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1709-1713

  Li, Xin ^a   Slyker, Lydia W ^a   Nichols, Valerie M ^a   Pau, George Shu Heng ^b   Bardeen, Christopher J ^a   Tang, Ming L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

binding moiety; cadmium sulfide nanocrystal; FRET; ligand binding; static quenching

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUENCHING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BINDING MOIETIES; CADMIUM SULFIDE NANOCRYSTALS; FRET; LIGAND BINDING; STATIC QUENCHING;

BINDING SITES;

EID: 84928985808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00574     Document Type: Article

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