Increase of photoluminescence blinking frequency of 3C–SiC nanocrystals with excitation power<xref rid="cpb_27_12_127804fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_12_127804fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11604155, 11604147, and 51702379), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 2016M600428 and 2017T100386), and the Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds of China (Grant No. 1601023A).</p></fn>

Increase of photoluminescence blinking frequency of 3C–SiC nanocrystals with excitation power**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11604155, 11604147, and 51702379), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 2016M600428 and 2017T100386), and the Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds of China (Grant No. 1601023A).

Gan Zhixing^{1, †}, Zhou Weiping², Meng Ming³

(color online) (a) Absorption spectrum of 3C–SiC NC aqueous solution, inset: a conversion based on the KM function. (b) Collective PL spectra of 3C–SiC NC aqueous solution excited at different wavelengths. (c) Confocal scanning PL image of single 3C–SiC NCs. The brightest intensity is highlighted by a circle. The scanning increment is 100 nm. (d) Comparison of PL spectra from ensemble NCs in aqueous solution (red circles) and individual NC on a microscope slide (black squares).