@inproceedings{512a1306e47a47249fda0c15f0cc79b7,
title = "Fluorescence intermittency and spectral shifts of single bioconjugated nanocrystals studied by single molecule confocal fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy",
abstract = "We have fabricated a combined measurement system capable of confocal microscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy to simultaneously evaluate multiple optical characteristics of single fluorescent nanocrystals. The single particle detection sensitivity is demonstrated by simultaneously measuring the dynamic excitation-time-dependent fluorescence intermittency and the emission spectrum of single cadmium selenide/zinc sulfide (CdSe/ZnS) nanocrystals (quantum dots, QDs). Using this system, we are currently investigating the optical characteristics of single QDs, the surface of which are conjugated with different ligands, such as trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO), mercaptoundecanoicacid (MDA), and amine modified DNA (AMDNA). In this paper, we present the progress of our measurements of the time-dependent optical characteristics (fluorescence intermittency, photostability, and spectral diffusion) of single MDA-QDs and AMDNA-MDA-QDs in air in an effort to understand the effects of surface-conjugated biomolecules on the optical characteristics at single QD sensitivities.",
keywords = "Bio-conjugation, Confocal microscopy, Nanocrystal, Nanosensor, Photophysics, Quantum dot, Single molecule, Single particle, Spectroscopy",
author = "Kang, {Hyeong Gon} and Maye, {Mathew M.} and Dmytro Nykypanchuk and Matthew Clarke and Peter Yim and Jeffrey Krogmeier and Kimberly Briggman and Oleg Gang and Jeeseong Hwang",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1117/12.713934",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0819465437",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
booktitle = "Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems V",
note = "Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems V ; Conference date: 21-01-2007 Through 27-01-2007",
}