Investigation of nanolocal fluorescence resonance energy transfer for scanning probe microscopy

G. T. Shubeita, S. K. Sekatskii, M. Chergui, G. Dietler, V. S. Letokhov

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Abstract

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) has been observed between donor dye molecules deposited onto the sample surface and acceptor dye molecules deposited onto the scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) or atomic force microscope tip. FRET was observed only when the tip acquired a contact with the sample and took place in a region of few tens of square nanometers in size when thousands (hundreds) of molecules are involved. In view of the obtained results, the perspectives for the construction of a one-atom FRET SNOM are described.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3453-3455
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume74
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 7 1999

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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