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Plasmon enhanced luminescence from fullerene molecules excited by local electron tunneling
2009
Tunneling electrons from a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) induce luminescence from C-60 and C-70 molecules forming fullerene nanocrystals grown on ultrathin NaCl films on Au(111). Intramolecular. uorescence and phosphorescence associated with the transitions between the lowest electronic excited state and ground state of C-70 molecules are identified, leading to unambiguous chemical recognition on the nanoscale. Moreover we demonstrate that the molecular luminescence is selectively enhanced by localized surface plasmons in the STM tip-sample gap. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000263432500066
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Publication date
2009
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Volume
17
Start page
2714
End page
2721
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REVIEWED
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November 30, 2010
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