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Compact Quantum Dots for Single-molecule Imaging
Published on: October 9, 2012
A modular approach to two-photon absorbing organic nanodots: brilliant dendrimers as an alternative to semiconductor
Olivier Mongin1, Thatavarathy Rama Krishna, Martinus H V Werts
1Synthèse et Electrosynthèse Organiques (CNRS, UMR 6510), Université de Rennes 1, Campus Scientifique de Beaulieu, Bât. 10A, F-35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Abstract:
Nanoscopic fluorescent dendrimers having up to 96 two-photon chromophores and showing very large two-photon absorption cross-sections (up to 56 000 GM) were designed as a complementary "organic" alternative to quantum dots.

