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Thousand‐fold Enhancement of Single‐Molecule Fluorescence Near a Single Gold Nanorod
Author(s) -
Yuan Haifeng,
Khatua Saumyakanti,
Zijlstra Peter,
Yorulmaz Mustafa,
Orrit Michel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201208125
Subject(s) - fold (higher order function) , single molecule experiment , fluorescence , molecule , nanorod , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , crystallography , biophysics , optics , physics , computer science , biology , organic chemistry , programming language
Single molecules : Large enhancements of single‐molecule fluorescence up to 1100 times by using synthesized gold nanorods are reported (see picture). This high enhancement is achieved by selecting a dye with its adsorption and emission close to the surface plasmon resonance of the gold nanorods.