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SUBMITTER: Jin Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2773548 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature nanotechnology 20090726 9
Combining multiple discrete components into a single multifunctional nanoparticle could be useful in a variety of applications. Retaining the unique optical and electrical properties of each component after nanoscale integration is, however, a long-standing problem. It is particularly difficult when trying to combine fluorophores such as semiconductor quantum dots with plasmonic materials such as gold, because gold and other metals can quench the fluorescence. So far, the combination of quantum ...[more]