Single molecule studies by means of the two-photon fluorescence distribution

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 359-364

  Chirico, Giuseppe ^a   Cannone, Fabio ^a   Beretta, Sabrina ^a   Baldini, Giancarlo ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^b,c  

^a Instituto Nazionale per la Fisica delia Materia   (Italy)

^b UdR Genova   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Betalactoglobulin; Fluorescein; Fluorescence microscopy; Intensity distributions; Rhodamine 6G; Single molecules; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; MOLECULES; PHOTONS;

BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN; CONFOCAL SCANNING; EXCITATION POWER; FLUORESCEIN; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; RHODAMINE 6G; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE STUDIES; TWO PHOTON FLUORESCENCE; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATIONS;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035576905     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10003     Document Type: Article

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