Silver-enhanced fluorescence emission of single quantum dot nanocomposites.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Fu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2737401 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature