In situ diagnostics of the crystalline nature of single organic nanocrystals by nonlinear microscopy

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 May 21;92(20):207401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.207401. Epub 2004 May 19.

Abstract

We elucidate the crystalline nature and the three-dimensional orientation of isolated organic nanocrystals embedded in a sol-gel matrix, using a polarized nonlinear microscopy technique that combines two-photon fluorescence and second harmonic generation. This technique allows the distinction between monocrystalline structures and nanoscale polycrystalline aggregates responsible for incoherent second harmonic signals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetonitriles / chemistry
  • Benzene Derivatives / chemistry*
  • Crystallization
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Luminescence
  • Methane / analogs & derivatives*
  • Methane / chemistry*
  • Microscopy / methods
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Semiconductors

Substances

  • Acetonitriles
  • Benzene Derivatives
  • Hydrocarbons
  • carbene
  • Methane
  • acetonitrile