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Time-resolved fluorescence and FCS studies of dye-doped DNA

Nicolaou, N; Marsh, RJ; Blacker, T; Armoogum, DA; Bain, AJ; (2009) Time-resolved fluorescence and FCS studies of dye-doped DNA. Proceedings of SPIE , 7393 , Article 73930L. 10.1117/12.826043. Green open access

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Abstract

Fluorescence lifetime, anisotropy and intensity dependent single molecule fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (I-FCS) are used to investigate the mechanism of fluorescence saturation in a free and nucleotide bound fluorophore (NR6104) in an antioxidising ascorbate buffer. Nucleotide attachment does not appreciably affect the fluorescence lifetime of the probe and there is a decrease in the rate of intersystem crossing relative to that of triplet state deactivation. The triplet state fraction is seen to plateau at 72% (G-attached) and 80% (free fluorophore) in agreement with these observations. Measurements of translational diffusion times show no intensity dependence for excitation intensities between 1 and 105kW cm-2 and photobleaching is therefore negligible. The dominant mechanism of fluorescence saturation is thus triplet state formation. I-FCS measurements for Rhodamine 6G in water were compared with those in the ascorbate buffer. In water the triplet fraction was saturated at considerably higher powers (45% at ca. 1.5 × 103kW cm-2) than in the ascorbate buffer (55%ca. 1 1kW cm-2).

Type: Article
Title: Time-resolved fluorescence and FCS studies of dye-doped DNA
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1117/12.826043
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.826043
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2009 Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1406137
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