Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence

The benefits of metal–enhanced fluorescence versus traditional fluorescence are many, including increased efficiency of fluorescence emission and increased detection sensitivity. Summarizing the current progress in the field through a variety of authoritative reviews, Metal–Enhanced Fluorescence provides a comprehensive collection of current trends, thoughts, and emerging hot aspects in the field of metal–fluorophore interactions and applications. Written by a leader in the field, this in–depth guide introduces graduate students, researchers, academics, chemists, physicists, and bio–medical engineers to the fundamentals of metal–enhanced fluorescence.

Preface. Contributors. Mental–Enhanced Fluorescence: Progress Towards a Unified Plasmon–Fluorophore Description ( Kadir Aslan and Chris D. Geddes ). Spectral Profile Modifications In Metal–Enhanced Fluorescence ( E. C. Le Ru, J. Grand, N. Félidj, J. Aubard, G. Lévi, A. Hohenau, J. R. Krenn, E. Blackie and P. G. Etchegoin ). The Role Of Plasmonic Engineering In Metal–Enhanced Fluorescence ( Daniel J. Ross, Nicholas P.W. Pieczonka and R. F. Aroca ). Importance of Spectral Overlap: Fluorescence Enhancement by Single Metal Nanoparticles ( Keiko Munechika, Yeechi Chen, Jessica M. Smith and.David S. Ginger ). Near–IR Metal Enhanced Fluorescence And Controlled Colloidal Aggregation ( Jon P. Anderson, Mark Griffiths, John G. Williams, Daniel L. Grone, Dave L. Steffens, and Lyle M. Middendorf ). Optimisation Of Plasmonic Enhancement Of Fluorescence For Optical Biosensor Applications ( Colette McDonagh, Ondrej Stranik, Robert Nooney and Brian D. MacCraith ). Microwave–Accelerated Metal–Enhanced Fluorescence ( Kadir Aslan and Chris D. Geddes ). Localized Surface Plasmon Coupled Fluorescence Fiber Optic Based Biosensing ( Chien Chou, Ja–An Annie Ho, Chii–Chang Chen, Ming–Yaw, Wei–Chih Liu, Ying–Feng Chang, Chen Fu, Si–Han Chen and Ting–Yang Kuo ). Surface Plasmon Enhanced Photochemistry ( Stephen K. Gray ). Metal–Enhanced Generation of Oxygen Rich Species ( Yongxia Zhang, Kadir Aslan and Chris D. Geddes ). Synthesis Of Anisotropic Noble Metal Nanoparticles ( Damian Aherne, Deirdre M. Ledwith and John M. Kelly ). Enhanced Fluorescence Detection Enabled By Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials ( Jong–in Hahm ). ZnO Platforms For Enhanced Directional Fluorescence Applications ( H.C. Ong, D.Y. Lei, J. Li and J.B. Xu ). E–Beam Lithography And Spontaneous Galvanic Displacement Reactions For Spatially Controlled MEF Applications ( Luigi Martiradonna, S. Shiv Shankar and Pier Paolo Pompa ). Metal–Enhanced Chemiluminescence ( Yongxia Zhang, Kadir Aslan and Chris D. Geddes ). Enhanced Fluorescence From Gratings ( Chii–Wann Lin, Nan–Fu Chiu, Jiun–Haw Lee and Chih–Kung Lee ). Enhancing Fluorescence with Sub–Wavelength Metallic Apertures ( Steve Blair and Jérôme Wenger ). Enhanced Multi–Photon Excitation of Tryptophan–Silver Colloid ( Renato E. de Araujo, Diego Rativa and Anderson S. L. Gomes ). Plasmon–enhanced radiative rates and applications to organic electronics ( Lewis Rothberg and Shanlin Pan ). Fluorescent Quenching Gold Nanoparticles: Potential Biomedical Applications ( Xiaohua Huang, Ivan H. El–Sayed, and Mostafa A. El–Sayed ). Index.