Air-induced fluorescence bursts from single semiconductor nanocrystals

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Author(s)

  • J. Müller
  • J. M. Lupton
  • J. Feldmann
  • D. V. Talapin
  • H. Weller

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)381-383
Journal / PublicationApplied Physics Letters
Volume85
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jul 2004
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

The photoluminescence intensity of single CdSe/ZnS core/shell nanocrystals which were stabilized by hexadecylamine/trioctyl phosphine/trioctyl phosphine oxide ligands, was studied. Fluorescence was recorded using a homebuilt widefield imaging microscope with a long distance objective lens. A dramatic increase in the fluorescence by a factor of up to 60, was observed, upon sudden purging with air. The results show that reduction in the probability of a prolonged charged period by either minimizing the probability of charging or by enabling rapid decharging, leads to the common power-law behavior of the off-time distribution.

Citation Format(s)

Air-induced fluorescence bursts from single semiconductor nanocrystals. / Müller, J.; Lupton, J. M.; Rogach, A. L. et al.

In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 3, 19.07.2004, p. 381-383.

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62)21_Publication in refereed journalpeer-review