The field of fluorescence continues to steadily grow, both in its
fundamental aspects and in applications in highly interdisciplinary areas including analytical, physical and organic chemistry, molecular
sciences, biology, biomedicine and medical research. The 4th volume in
the Springer Series on Fluorescence focuses on the fluorescence of
nanosystems, polymers and supermolecules, and the development and
application of fluorescent probes. Special emphasis is placed on the
fluorescence of artificial and biological nanosystems, single molecule
fluorescence and the luminescence of polymers, micro- and nanoparticles and nanotubes. Fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence correlation
spectroscopy are covered as well. Historical aspects of this growing field and an overview of fluorescence applications are also provided.
Author(s): A. U. Acuña, F. Amat-Guerri (auth.), M. N. Berberan-Santos (eds.)
Series: Springer Series on Fluorescence 4
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2008
Language: English
Commentary: 49228
Pages: 468
Tags: Physical Chemistry;Analytical Chemistry;Nanotechnology;Polymer Sciences;Laser Technology, Photonics
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Early History of Solution Fluorescence: The Lignum nephriticum of Nicolás Monardes....Pages 3-20
From Well-Known to Underrated Applications of Fluorescence....Pages 21-43
Principles of Directed Electronic Energy Transfer....Pages 45-66
Luminescence Decays with Underlying Distributions of Rate Constants: General Properties and Selected Cases....Pages 67-103
Fluorescence as the Choice Method for Single-Molecule Detection....Pages 105-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Water-soluble Fluorescent Chemosensors: in Tune with Protons....Pages 117-149
Fluorescence of Fullerenes....Pages 151-184
Squeezing Fluorescent Dyes into Nanoscale Containers—The Supramolecular Approach to Radiative Decay Engineering....Pages 185-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Resonance Energy Transfer in Polymer Interfaces....Pages 215-255
Defocused Imaging in Wide-field Fluorescence Microscopy....Pages 257-284
Dynamics of Excited States and Charge Photogeneration in Organic Semiconductor Materials....Pages 285-297
Resonance Energy Transfer in Biophysics: Formalisms and Application to Membrane Model Systems....Pages 299-322
Measuring Diffusion in a Living Cell Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. A Closer Look at Anomalous Diffusion Using HIV-1 Integrase and its Interactions as a Probe....Pages 323-338
Pushing the Complexity of Model Bilayers: Novel Prospects for Membrane Biophysics....Pages 339-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Photoluminescence Properties of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 363-380
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopic Studies of a Single Lipopolyamine–DNA Nanoparticle....Pages 381-413
Morphology-Dependent Resonance Emission from Individual Micron-Sized Particles....Pages 415-429
New Plastic Microparticles and Nanoparticles for Fluorescent Sensing and Encoding....Pages 431-463
Back Matter....Pages 465-468
