Silver-enhanced fluorescence emission of single quantum dot nanocomposites.
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.
Fu
Yi
Y
Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Zhang
Jian
J
Lakowicz
Joseph R
JR
D005453:Fluorescence; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry*; D045663:Quantum Dots; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*
D012834:Silver