Diamonds with a diameter of just 5 nm are capable of supporting colour centres and emitting fluorescence, and encapsulating these nanodiamonds in a polymer stops them blinking.
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Wrachtrup, J. Switching blinking on and off. Nature Nanotech 5, 314–315 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.85
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