Brilliant organic nanodots: novel nano-objects for bionanophotonics

Olivier Mongin; Cédric Rouxel; Anne-Claire Robin; Anna Pla-Quintana; Tathavarathy Rama Krishna; Gaëlle Recher; François Tiaho; Anne-Marie Caminade; Jean-Pierre Majoral; Mireille Blanchard-Desce

doi:10.1117/12.797873

28 August 2008 Brilliant organic nanodots: novel nano-objects for bionanophotonics

Olivier Mongin, Cédric Rouxel, Anne-Claire Robin, Anna Pla-Quintana, Tathavarathy Rama Krishna, Gaëlle Recher, François Tiaho, Anne-Marie Caminade, Jean-Pierre Majoral, Mireille Blanchard-Desce

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Proceedings Volume 7040, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications; 704006 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.797873
Event: NanoScience + Engineering, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Semiconductor quantum dots are recognized to provide a particularly effective approach to bright nano-objects for bioimaging. However, these inorganic systems suffer from several drawbacks such as toxicity, dispersity, blinking ... and raise a number of questions with respect to environmental issues. With this in mind, we have developed an innovative route towards purely organic nanodots showing exceptional one and two-photon brightness by confining a large number of optimized fluorophores within nano-objects of defined and controlled structure. These novel "soft" nano-objects offer major promises for bio and nanophotonics.

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Olivier Mongin, Cédric Rouxel, Anne-Claire Robin, Anna Pla-Quintana, Tathavarathy Rama Krishna, Gaëlle Recher, François Tiaho, Anne-Marie Caminade, Jean-Pierre Majoral, and Mireille Blanchard-Desce "Brilliant organic nanodots: novel nano-objects for bionanophotonics", Proc. SPIE 7040, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications, 704006 (28 August 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.797873

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