IOFF generally extends fluorophore longevity in the presence of an optical trap

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 502-507

  Ferrer, J M ^a   Fangyuan, D ^a   Brau, R R ^a   Tarsa, P B ^a   Lang, M J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Force fluorescence microscopy; Optical tweezers; Photobleaching; Single molecule fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERLACED OPTICAL FORCE FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION; LONGEVITY; MICROSCOPY; MODULATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

FLUORESCENT DYES; INFRARED RAYS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHOTOBLEACHING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 70350455295     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920109788922182     Document Type: Article

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