Scanning tunneling microscopy-controlled dynamic switching of single nanoparticle luminescence at room temperature

Authors
Silly, F Gusev, AO Charra, F Taleb, A Pileni, MP
Citation
F. Silly et al., Scanning tunneling microscopy-controlled dynamic switching of single nanoparticle luminescence at room temperature, APPL PHYS L, 79(24), 2001, pp. 4013-4015
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
24
Year of publication
2001
Pages
4013 - 4015
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(200112)79:24<4013:STMDSO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Room-temperature manipulation of a single nanoparticle with simultaneously recorded scanning-tunneling-microscope-induced light emission is presented. We show that the luminescence intensity of an individual nanoparticle can exhibit marked variations when it is moved into different sites. A nanosize d bistable luminescence switch based on the tip-controlled positioning of a single nanoparticle was thus realized. (C) 2001 American Institute of Phys ics.