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Abstract
We use Shannon's definition of information to develop a theory to predict a photon-counting-based single-molecule experiment's ability to measure the desired property. We treat three phenomena that are commonly measured on single molecules: spectral fluctuations of a solvatochromic dye; assignment of the azimuthal dipole angle; determination of a distance by fluorescence resonant energy transfer using Förster's theory. We consider the effect of background and other "imperfections" on the measurement through the decrease in information.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16884207 PMCID: PMC1995558 DOI: 10.1021/jp062192b
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Phys Chem A ISSN: 1089-5639 Impact factor: 2.781