Issue 16, 2007

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy using quantum dots: advances, challenges and opportunities

Abstract

Semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) have been increasingly employed in measuring the dynamic behavior of biomacromolecules using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. This poses a challenge, because quantum dots display their own dynamic behavior in the form of intermittent photoluminescence, also known as blinking. In this review, the manifestation of blinking in correlation spectroscopy will be explored, preceded by an examination of quantum dot blinking in general.

Graphical abstract: Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy using quantum dots: advances, challenges and opportunities

Article information

Article type
Invited Article
Submitted
22 Nov 2006
Accepted
12 Feb 2007
First published
02 Mar 2007

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007,9, 1870-1880

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy using quantum dots: advances, challenges and opportunities

R. F. Heuff, J. L. Swift and D. T. Cramb, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1870 DOI: 10.1039/B617115J

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