%0 Journal Article %1 Dahan:01 %A Dahan, M. %A Laurence, T. %A Pinaud, F. %A Chemla, D. S. %A Alivisatos, A. P. %A Sauer, M. %A Weiss, S. %D 2001 %I OSA %J Opt. Lett. %K sauer %N 11 %P 825--827 %R 10.1364/OL.26.000825 %T Time-gated biological imaging by use of colloidal quantum dots %U http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-26-11-825 %V 26 %X The long (but not too long) fluorescence lifetime of CdSe semiconductor quantum dots was exploited to enhance fluorescence biological imaging contrast and sensitivity by time-gated detection. Significant and selective reduction of the autofluorescence contribution to the overall image was achieved, and enhancement of the signal-to-background ratio by more than an order of magnitude was demonstrated.

@article{Dahan:01, abstract = {The long (but not too long) fluorescence lifetime of CdSe semiconductor quantum dots was exploited to enhance fluorescence biological imaging contrast and sensitivity by time-gated detection. Significant and selective reduction of the autofluorescence contribution to the overall image was achieved, and enhancement of the signal-to-background ratio by more than an order of magnitude was demonstrated.}, added-at = {2011-03-15T09:21:39.000+0100}, author = {Dahan, M. and Laurence, T. and Pinaud, F. and Chemla, D. S. and Alivisatos, A. P. and Sauer, M. and Weiss, S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e4ac3ad2c773196db622c33a9bc110e4/reichert}, doi = {10.1364/OL.26.000825}, interhash = {af7371889e5e37b4ab83ec7e36761571}, intrahash = {e4ac3ad2c773196db622c33a9bc110e4}, journal = {Opt. Lett.}, keywords = {sauer}, month = jun, number = 11, pages = {825--827}, publisher = {OSA}, timestamp = {2011-03-15T09:21:39.000+0100}, title = {Time-gated biological imaging by use of colloidal quantum dots}, url = {http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-26-11-825}, volume = 26, year = 2001 }