Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Vol. 8: Radiative Decay Engineering

During recent years our enthusiasm for Radiative Decay Engineering (RDE) has continually increased. Many of the early predictions have been confirmed experimentally. We see numerous applications for RDE in biotechnology, clinical assays and analytical chemistry. While implementation of RDE is relatively simple, understanding the principles of RDE is difficult. The concepts are widely distributed in the optics and chemical physics literature, often described in terms difficult to understand by biophysical scientists. RDE includes chapters from the experts who have studied metal particle optics and fluorophore-metal interactions. This collection describes the fundamental principles for the widespread use of radiative decay engineering in the biological sciences and nanotechnology. Preparation of Noble Metal Colloids and Selected Structures....Pages 1-24 Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy: Alternative Modes of Use for NSOM Probes....Pages 25-46 Nanoparticles with Tunable Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances....Pages 47-99 Colloid Surface Chemistry....Pages 101-133 Bioanalytical Sensing Using Noble Metal Colloids....Pages 135-195 Theory of Fluorophore-Metallic Surface Interactions....Pages 197-221 Surface-Enhancement of Fluorescence Near Noble Metal Nanostructures....Pages 223-247 Time Resolved Fluorescence Measurements of Fluorophores Close to Metal Nanoparticles....Pages 249-273 Copper-Coated Self-Assembled Monolayers: Alkanethiols and Prospective Molecular Wires....Pages 275-303 Principles and Applications of Surface-Plasmon Field-Enhanced Fluorescence Techniques....Pages 305-332 Optically Detectable Colloidal Metal Labels: Properties, Methods, and Biomedical Applications....Pages 333-351 Noble Metal Nanoparticle Biosensors....Pages 353-380 Surface Plasmon-Coupled Emission: A New Method for Sensitive Fluorescence Detection....Pages 381-403 Radiative Decay Engineering (RDE)....Pages 405-448 v. 1. Techniques v. 2. Principles v. 3. Biochemical applications v. 4. Probe design and chemical sensing v. 5. Nonlinear and two-photon-induced fluorescence v. 6. Protein fluorescence v. 7. DNA technology v. 8. Radiative decay engineering v. 9. Advanced concepts in fluorescence sensing. pt. A. Small molecule sensing v. 10. Advanced concepts in fluorescence sensing. pt. B. Macromolecular sensing

During recent years our enthusiasm for this field has continually increased. This book presents expert contributions describing the fundamental principles for the widespread use of radiative decay engineering in the biological sciences and nanotechnology.

Annotation. In this inaugural volume of a new series, experts in the field help biochemists, analytical chemists, spectroscopists, biophysicists, and other specialists keep up with the latest techniques and technologies available in fluorescence spectroscopy Metal colloids have been around for centuries because of their striking optical properties.