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Nanoparticles: Switching blinking on and off

Thu, 2011-02-17 16:35 - Daniel Rudolph
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Date: 
2010-05-08
Author(s): 

J. Wrachtrup

Reference: 

Nature Nanotechnology 5, 314-315 (2010)

URL: 

http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v5/n5/full/nnano.2010.85.html

Diamonds with a diameter of just 5 nm are capable of supporting colour centres and emitting fluorescence, and encapsulating these nanodiamonds in a polymer stops them blinking.