Advanced Fluorescence Reporters in Chemistry and Biology II Molecular Constructions, Polymers and Nanoparticles /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Demchenko, Alexander P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Springer Series on Fluorescence, Methods and Applications, 9
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Medicine.; Analytical biochemistry.; Biochemistry.; Cytology > Research_xMethodology.; Optical materials.; Analytical Chemistry.; Molecular Medicine.; Medical Biochemistry.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Biological Techniques.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: X, 462 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642047015
• ISSN: 1617-1306

This volume demonstrates the novel possibilities in sensing and imaging offered by the assembly of organic dyes into nanoparticles and nanocomposites and by the application of strongly fluorescent noble metal clusters and conjugated polymers. Its 14 chapters, written by top experts in this field, provide in-depth information on the coupling of organic dyes to different molecular and supramolecular structures, on their incorporation into polymeric nanoparticles and on the nanostructures that can be formed by some of the dyes. Bright and photostable several-atom clusters of gold and silver are examined. Finally, the revolutionary changes in sensing technologies attending the advent of conjugated polmyers and the advances in their application are discussed.