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.
%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.},
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author = {Dahan, M. and Laurence, T. and Pinaud, F. and Chemla, D. S. and Alivisatos, A. P. and Sauer, M. and Weiss, S.},
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doi = {10.1364/OL.26.000825},
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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
}