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Anisotropic Translational Diffusion of Single Fluorescent Perylene Molecules in a Nematic Liquid Crystal
Author(s) -
Kawai Tsuyoshi,
Yoshihara Sunao,
Iwata Yasuhide,
Fukaminato Tuyoshi,
Irie Masahiro
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200400072
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , molecule , fluorescence , diffusion , anisotropy , perylene , chemical physics , materials science , chemistry , spectroscopy , fluorescence anisotropy , fluorescence correlation spectroscopy , crystallography , optics , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
A moving story: Translational diffusion (see graphic) of a fluorescent molecule in a nematic liquid crystal was studied with single‐molecule fluorescence autocorrelation spectroscopy for the first time. Unique anisotropy in the translational diffusion dynamics was clearly demonstrated at the single‐molecule level.