Effect of shell thickness and composition on blinking suppression and the blinking mechanism in 'giant' CdSe/CdS nanocrystal quantum dots.

Effect of shell thickness and composition on blinking suppression and the blinking mechanism in 'giant' CdSe/CdS nanocrystal quantum dots.
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10.1002/jbio.201000058
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2010-10
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Hollingsworth, Jennifer A.
Hollingsworth, Jennifer A.
中科院分区:
物理与天体物理2区
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Vela, Javier;Htoon, Han;Chen, Yongfen;Park, Young-Shin;Ghosh, Yagnaseni;Goodwin, Peter M.;Werner, James H.;Wells, Nathan P.;Casson, Joanna L.;Hollingsworth, Jennifer A.

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