Fractal Silver Structures for Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence: Applications for Ultra-Bright Surface Assays and Lab-on-a-Chip-Based Nanotechnologies

Chris D. Geddes, Alexandr Parfenov, Ignacy Gryczynski, Joanna Malicka, David Roll, Joseph R. Lakowicz

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Abstract

The metal-enhanced fluorescence emission from silver fractal-like structures was studied. The structure were coated with a monolayer of fluorophore-protein. Two fluoroscent probes, indocyanine green (ICG) and fluorescein (FITC), were used to label the human serum albumin (HSA) protein. Remarkable increases in the fluorescence intensities were observed on the glass-silver fractal substrate and the roughened silver electrodes. The potential applications of the photostable fractal silver structure with enhanced fluorescence for ultra-bright surface assays and lab-on-a-chip nanotechnologies were also presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-122
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Fluorescence
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2003

Keywords

  • Enhanced fluorescence
  • Enhanced photostability
  • Fractal silver structures
  • Metal-enhanced fluorescence
  • Radiative decay engineering

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