[en] By comparing the molecular vibrational enhancement measured for QD–ligand coupling and QD–
PhTES coupling, we show that the spatial dependence of the QD–molecule interactions (1/r3, with
r the QD–molecule distance) is in agreement with the hypothesis of a dipole–dipole interaction.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Noblet, Thomas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Biophotonique
Dreesen, Laurent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Biophotonique
Tadjeddine, Abderrahmane; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS > Institut de Chimie Physique > UMR 8000
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