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Time-gated biological imaging by use of colloidal quantum dots

  • M. Dahan
  • , T. Laurence
  • , F. Pinaud
  • , D. S. Chemla
  • , A. P. Alivisatos
  • , M. Sauer
  • , S. Weiss
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • École normale supérieure
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Heidelberg University 

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)825-827
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume26
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2001
Externally publishedYes

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