Advanced Fluorescence Reporters in Chemistry and Biology II; Molecular Constructions, Polymers and Nanoparticles; Series Editor; Aims and Scope; Preface; Contents; Part I: General Aspects; Nanocrystals and Nanoparticles Versus Molecular Fluorescent Labels as Reporters for Bioanalysis and the Life Sciences: A Critical Comparison; Optimization of the Coupling of Target Recognition and Signal Generation; Collective Effects Influencing Fluorescence Emission; Part II: Encapsulated Dyes and Supramolecular Constructions; Fluorescent J-Aggregates and Their Biological Applications
Summary
This volume demonstrates the novel possibilities in sensing and imaging offered by the assembly of organic dyes into nanoparticles and nanocomposites and by the application of strongly fluorescent noble metal clusters and conjugated polymers. Its 14 chapters, written by top experts in this field, provide in-depth information on the coupling of organic dyes to different molecular and supramolecular structures, on their incorporation into polymeric nanoparticles and on the nanostructures that can be formed by some of the dyes. Bright and photostable several-atom clusters of gold and silver are e
