Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna
10.1038/nphoton.2009.187
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Kinkhabwala, A., Yu, Z., Fan, S., Avlasevich, Y., Müllen, K., & Moerner, W. E. (2009). Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna. Nature Photonics, 3(11), 654–657.

Authors 6
  1. Anika Kinkhabwala (first)
  2. Zongfu Yu (additional)
  3. Shanhui Fan (additional)
  4. Yuri Avlasevich (additional)
  5. Klaus Müllen (additional)
  6. W. E. Moerner (additional)
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