Demchenko A.P. (Ed.). Advanced Fluorescence Reporters in Chemistry and Biology II: Molecular Constructions, Polymers and Nanoparticles

Springer, 2010. - 461 p.
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.Contents
General Aspects
Nanocrystals and Nanoparticles Versus Molecular Fluorescent Labels as Reporters for Bioanalysis and the Life Sciences: A Critical Comparison
Optimization of the Coupling of Target Recognition and Signal
Collective Effects Influencing Fluorescence Emission
Encapsulated Dyes and Supramolecular Constructions
Fluorescent J-Aggregates and Their Biological Applications
Conjugates, Complexes, and Interlocked Systems Based on Squaraines and Cyanines
Dye-Doped Nanoparticles and Dendrimers
Dye-Doped Polymeric Particles for Sensing and Imaging
Silica-Based Nanoparticles: Design and
Luminescent Dendrimers as Ligands and Sensors of Metal Ions
Prospects for Organic Dye Nanoparticles
Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters
Few-Atom Silver Clusters as Fluorescent Reporters
Luminescent Quantum Clusters of Gold as Bio-Labels
Conjugated Polymers
Structure, Emissive Properties, and Reporting Abilities of Conjugated Polymers
Optical Reporting by Conjugated Polymers via Conformational Changes
Fluorescence Reporting Based on FRET Between Conjugated Polyelectrolyte and Organic Dye for Biosensor Applications