title: Determination of energetics and kinetics from single-particle intermittency and ensemble-averaged fluorescence intensity decay of quantum dots.
abstract: Quantification of energetics and kinetics for the band-edge exciton states of quantum dots and the long-lived dark state is important for better understanding of the underlying mechanism for single-particle intermittency and ensemble fluorescence intensity decay. Based on a multistate diffusion-reaction model by extending our previous studies, we analyze experimental data from ensemble measurements and fluorescence intermittency of single quantum dots and determine important molecular-based quantities such as Stokes shift, free energy gap, activation energy, reorganization energy, and other kinetic parameters.
authors.affiliation: Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. jantang@caltech.edu
authors.forename: Jau
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Marcus