Surface-Enhanced Emission from Single Semiconductor Nanocrystals. Shimizu, K. T., Woo, W. K., Fisher, B. R., Eisler, H. J., & Bawendi, M. G. Physical Review Letters, 89(11):117401, 2002.
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The fluorescence behavior of single CdSe(ZnS) core-shell nanocrystal (NC) quantum dots is dramatically affected by electromagnetic interactions with a rough metal film. Observed changes include a fivefold increase in the observed fluorescence intensity of single NCs, a striking reduction in their fluorescence blinking behavior, complete conversion of the emission polarization to linear, and single NC exciton lifetimes that are \textgreater103 times faster. The enhanced excited state decay process for NCs coupled to rough metal substrates effectively competes with the Auger relaxation process, allowing us to observe both charged and neutral exciton emission from these NC quantum dots.
@article{shimizu_surface-enhanced_2002,
	title = {Surface-{Enhanced} {Emission} from {Single} {Semiconductor} {Nanocrystals}},
	volume = {89},
	url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.117401},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.117401},
	abstract = {The fluorescence behavior of single CdSe(ZnS) core-shell nanocrystal (NC) quantum dots is dramatically affected by electromagnetic interactions with a rough metal film. Observed changes include a fivefold increase in the observed fluorescence intensity of single NCs, a striking reduction in their fluorescence blinking behavior, complete conversion of the emission polarization to linear, and single NC exciton lifetimes that are {\textgreater}103 times faster. The enhanced excited state decay process for NCs coupled to rough metal substrates effectively competes with the Auger relaxation process, allowing us to observe both charged and neutral exciton emission from these NC quantum dots.},
	number = {11},
	urldate = {2012-05-11},
	journal = {Physical Review Letters},
	author = {Shimizu, K. T. and Woo, W. K. and Fisher, B. R. and Eisler, H. J. and Bawendi, M. G.},
	year = {2002},
	pages = {117401},
}

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