Enzymatic turnovers of single cholesterol oxidase molecules were observed in real time by
monitoring the emission from the enzyme's fluorescent active site, flavin adenine …

Conjugated polymer nanoparticles are a class of nanoparticles with many useful and
interesting properties, including very high fluorescence brightness, excellent photostability …

Optical spectroscopy at the ultimate limit of a single molecule has grown over the past dozen
years into a powerful technique for exploring the individual nanoscale behavior of molecules …

Response to stimulus is a basic process of living systems. Based on the lessons from nature,
scientists have been designing useful materials that respond to external stimuli such as …

Efficient collection and detection of fluorescence coupled with careful minimization of
background from impurities and Raman scattering now enable routine optical microscopy …

Recent research in several groups has identified a new class of metal colloidal
nanoparticles that is able to enhance the efficiencies of surface-enhanced Raman scattering …

Single molecule confocal microscopy is used to study fluorescence intermittency of
individual ZnS overcoated CdSe quantum dots (QDs) excited at 488 nm. The confocal …

Fluorescence microscopy of nanoscale silver oxide (Ag2O) reveals strong photoactivated
emission for excitation wavelengths shorter than 520 nanometers. Although blinking and …

Virtually all known fluorophores exhibit mysterious episodes of emission intermittency. A
remarkable feature of the phenomenon is a power-law distribution of on-and off-times …

Spontaneous pattern formation by self-assembly is of long-standing,, and continuing
interest, not only for its aesthetic appeal,, but also for its fundamental,,,,,,,,,, and technological …