| Literature DB >> 18040463 |
M Dahan, T Laurence, F Pinaud, D S Chemla, A P Alivisatos, M Sauer, S Weiss.
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.Entities:
Year: 2001 PMID: 18040463 DOI: 10.1364/ol.26.000825
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Opt Lett ISSN: 0146-9592 Impact factor: 3.776