Showing papers by "Mireille Blanchard-Desce published in 2008"
28 Aug 2008
TL;DR: This work has 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.
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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