TY - JOUR
T1 - Luminescent blinking from silver, gold and copper nanostructures
T2 - Genetically Engineered and Optical Probes for Biomedical Applications II
AU - Geddes, Chris D.
AU - Gryczynski, Ignacy
AU - Parfenov, Alex
AU - Aslan, Kadir
AU - Lakowicz, Joseph R.
PY - 2004/11/16
Y1 - 2004/11/16
N2 - We have recently observed both one and multicolor luminescent blinking from a variety of noble-metal nanostructures upon laser-light illumination. Our results suggest a new class of metallic probes, based on intrinsic metal luminescence, with several advantages over conventional organic fluorophores, such as enhanced photostability, higher luminescence intensity, tunable emission wavelengths and the possibilities for a variety of functional surface chemistries. Our findings for silver, gold and copper nanostructures have revealed some notable and attractive differences in their individual luminescence properties.
AB - We have recently observed both one and multicolor luminescent blinking from a variety of noble-metal nanostructures upon laser-light illumination. Our results suggest a new class of metallic probes, based on intrinsic metal luminescence, with several advantages over conventional organic fluorophores, such as enhanced photostability, higher luminescence intensity, tunable emission wavelengths and the possibilities for a variety of functional surface chemistries. Our findings for silver, gold and copper nanostructures have revealed some notable and attractive differences in their individual luminescence properties.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=7644228402&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1117/12.530063
DO - 10.1117/12.530063
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:7644228402
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 5329
SP - 276
EP - 286
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Y2 - 24 January 2004 through 27 January 2004
ER -