Luminescence : the instrumental key to the future of nanotechnology /: the instrumental key to the future of nanotechnology. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Adam M. Gilmore.
• Editors: Gilmore, Adam M
• Contents: Preface; Important Spectral and Polarized Properties of Semiconducting SWNT Photoluminescence Shigeo Maruyama and Yuhei Miyauchi; Important Spectral Features; Phonon Sideband in Absorption; Various Sidebands in Emission; Cross-Polarized Absorption; Transverse Quasi-Dark Excitons; Advanced Aspects of Photoluminescence Instrumentation for Carbon Nanotubes Said Kazaoui, Y. Futami, Konstantin Iakoubovskii, and Nobutsugu Minami; Introduction; CNT Thin-Film Fabrication Methods; NIR-PL-Mapping Instruments; Outlook; Developments in Catalytic Methodology for (n, m ) Selective Synthesis of SWNTs Yuan Chen, Bo Wang, Yanhui Yang, and Qiang Wang; Introduction; Effective Catalysts for (n, m ) Selective Synthesis; Growth Parameters Influencing (n, m ) Selectivity; Fundamental Understanding of (n, m ) Selectivity; Characterization Methodology for (n, m ) Abundance Evaluation; Conclusions and Outlook; Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Electronics Husnu Emrah Unalan and Manish Chhowalla; Introduction; Purification and Dispersion of SWNTs; Thin-Film Deposition Processes; Optoelectronic Properties of SWNTs; SWNT Functionalization Treatments; Applications and Devices; Conclusions and Outlook; Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Based Solution-Processed Organic Optoelectronic Devices Ming Shao and Bin Hu; Introduction; Effects of SWCNTs on the Electroluminescent Performance of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes; CNT Effect on Photovoltaic Response in Conjugated Polymers; Exciton Energy Transfer in Carbon Nanotubes Probed by Photoluminescence Ping Heng Tan, Tawfique Hasan, Francesco Bonaccorso, and Andrea C. Ferrari; Introduction The Photoluminescence Spectrum of Nanotube Bundles; Mechanism and Efficiency of EET in Nanotube Bundles; How to Distinguish EET-Induced Features from Other Sidebands in the PL Spectrum?; Relaxation Pathways of Excitons in Nanotube Bundles; How to Detect Bundles and Probe Their Concentration?; Exploiting EET for Photonic and Optoelectronic Applications; Conclusions; Advances in Dispersal Agents and Methodology for SWNT Analysis Tsuyohiko Fujigaya and Naotoshi Nakashima; Introduction; Characterization of Dispersion States; Solubilization by Dispersal Agents; Nanotube/Polymer Composites; Summary; Time Domain Luminescence Instrumentation Graham Hungerford, Kulwinder Sagoo, and David McLoskey; Introduction; Overview; Light Sources; Detectors; Data Acquisition Electronics; Time-Resolved Measurement System Considerations; Summary; Key Approaches to Linking Nanoparticle Metrology and Photoluminescence Yu Chen, Jan Karolin, and David J. S. Birch; Introduction; Fluorescence Anisotropy Theory; Experimental; Results and Discussions; Conclusions; Nanometer-Scale Measurements Using FRET and FLIM Microscopy Margarida Barroso, Yuansheng Sun, Horst Wallrabe, and Ammasi Periasamy; Introduction; FRET Microscopy; Choosing FRET Pairs; Organic Dye Donor–Acceptor FRET Pair: AF488–AF555; FP Donor–Acceptor FRET Pair: mTFP-mKO2; QD–Organic Dye FRET Pairs: QD566–AF568 and QD580–AF594; Conclusions and Outlook; Cancer Detection and Biosensing Applications with Quantum Dots Ken-Tye Yong; Introduction; Preparation of Quantum Dots with the Hot Colloidal Synthesis Method; Types of Quantum Dots Available for Biomedical and Cancer Applications; Preparation of Water-Dispersible Quantum Dots; Preparation of Bioconjugated Quantum Dots; Bioconjugated Quantum Dots and Quantum Rods for in vitro Cancer Imaging and Sensing; Multifunctional Quantum Dots and Quantum Rods for in vivo Cancer Targeting and Imaging The Risk and Benefits of Using Functionalized Quantum Dots for Biomedical Health Care; Conclusions and Outlook; Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Biosensing Applications Linda Y. L. Wu; Introduction; Particle Size Control through Chemical Synthesis and Surface Modifications; Bandgap Modification for Visible Emission; Bioimaging Using ZnO Nanocrystals; Cytotoxicity Tests; Conclusions and Outlook; Use of QDOT Photoluminescence for Codification and Authentication Purposes Shoude Chang; Introduction; QDOTs Used as Information Carriers; Information Encoding; Information Retrieval; Applications; Conclusions and Outlook; Characterization Approaches for Blue and White Phosphorescent OLEDs Brian W. D’Andrade; Introduction; Blue Electrophosphorescence; White Organic Light-Emitting Device; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Pan Stanford Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 535.35; Luminescence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789814267724
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