Manipulation of the local density of photonic states to elucidate fluorescent protein emission rates
| Autor: | Johanna M. van den Broek, Allard Mosk, Willem L. Vos, Yanina Cesa, Christian Blum, Vinod Subramaniam |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Complex Photonic Systems, Executive board Vrije Universiteit |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Fluorophore
Oscillator strength Protein Conformation Green Fluorescent Proteins General Physics and Astronomy METIS-258929 Research Support Molecular physics Sensitivity and Specificity Rhodamine 6G chemistry.chemical_compound Optics Journal Article SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Non-U.S. Gov't Molecular Biology Fluorescent Dyes Photons business.industry Chemistry Rhodamines Lasers Research Support Non-U.S. Gov't Fluorescence Dark state Density of states Quantum efficiency Photonics business |
| Zdroj: | Physical chemistry chemical physics, 11(14), 2525-2531. Royal Society of Chemistry Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics-PCCP, 11(14), 2525-31. The Royal Society of Chemistry Cesa, Y, Blum, C, van den Broek, J M, Mosk, A P, Vos, W L & Subramaniam, V 2009, ' Manipulation of the local density of photonic states to elucidate fluorescent protein emission rates ', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics-PCCP, vol. 11, no. 14, pp. 2525-31 . https://doi.org/10.1039/b817902f |
| ISSN: | 1463-9076 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/b817902f |
| Popis: | We present experiments to determine the quantum efficiency and emission oscillator strength of exclusively the emitting states of the widely used enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). We positioned the emitters at precisely defined distances from a mirror to control the local density of optical states, resulting in characteristic changes in the fluorescence decay rate that we monitored by fluorescence lifetime microscopy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first emission lifetime control of a biological emitter. From the oscillation of the observed emission lifetimes as a function of the emitter to mirror distance, we determined the radiative and nonradiative decay rates of the fluorophore. Since only the emitting species contribute to the change in emission lifetimes, the rates determined characterize specifically the quantum efficiency and oscillator strength of the on-states of the emitter, in contrast to other methods that do not differentiate between emitting and dark states. The method reported is especially interesting for photophysically complex systems like fluorescent proteins, where a range of emitting and dark forms has been observed. We have validated the analysis method using Rhodamine 6G dye, obtaining results in very good agreement with the literature. For EGFP we determine the quantum efficiency of the on-states to be 72%. As expected for this complex system, our value is higher than that determined by methods that average over on- and off-states. |
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