Silver-enhanced fluorescence emission of single quantum dot nanocomposites.
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SUBMITTER: Fu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2737401 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
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Silver-enhanced fluorescence emission of single quantum dot nanocomposites.
Fu Yi Y Zhang Jian J Lakowicz Joseph R JR
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20081119 3
A novel plasmon-coupled quantum dot (QD) nanocomposite via covalently interfacing the QD surfaces with silver nanoparticles was developed with greatly reduced blinking and enhanced emission fluorescence. ...[more]
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