Advanced Fluorescence Reporters in Chemistry and Biology II

1. Nanocrystals and Nanoparticles Versus Molecular Fluorescent Labels as Reporters for Bioanalysis and the Life Sciences: A Critical Comparison
Ute Resch-Genger, Markus Grabolle, Roland Nitschke, Thomas Nann

2. Optimization of the Coupling of Target Recognition and Signal Generation
Ana B. Descalzo, Shengchao Zhu, Tobias Fischer, Knut Rurack

3. Collective Effects Influencing Fluorescence Emission
Alexander P. Demchenko

4. Fluorescent J-Aggregates and Their Biological Applications
Mykhaylo Yu. Losytskyy, Valeriy M. Yashchuk

5. Conjugates, Complexes, and Interlocked Systems Based on Squaraines and Cyanines
Leonid D. Patsenker, Anatoliy L. Tatarets, Oleksii P. Klochko, Ewald A. Terpetschnig

6. Dye-Doped Polymeric Particles for Sensing and Imaging
Sergey M. Borisov, Torsten Mayr, Günter Mistlberger, Ingo Klimant

7. Silica-Based Nanoparticles: Design and Properties
Song Liang, Carrie L. John, Shuping Xu, Jiao Chen, Yuhui Jin, Quan Yuan, Weihong Tan, Julia Xiaojun Zhao

8. Luminescent Dendrimers as Ligands and Sensors of Metal Ions
Giacomo Bergamini, Enrico Marchi, Paola Ceroni

9. Prospects for Organic Dye Nanoparticles
Hiroshi Yao

10. Few-Atom Silver Clusters as Fluorescent Reporters
Isabel Díez, Robin H. A. Ras

11. Luminescent Quantum Clusters of Gold as Bio-Labels
M. A. Habeeb Muhammed, Thalappil Pradeep

12. Structure, Emissive Properties, and Reporting Abilities of Conjugated Polymers
Mary A. Reppy

13. Optical Reporting by Conjugated Polymers via Conformational Changes
Rozalyn A. Simon, K. Peter R. Nilsson

14. Fluorescence Reporting Based on FRET Between Conjugated Polyelectrolyte and Organic Dye for Biosensor Applications
Kan-Yi Pu, Bin Liu

Keywords: Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Molecular Medicine, Medical Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biological Physics, Optical and Electronic Materials