Advanced Fluorescence Reporters in Chemistry and Biology III Applications in Sensing and Imaging /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Demchenko, Alexander P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Springer Series on Fluorescence, Methods and Applications, 113
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Molecular biology.; Analytical chemistry.; Medical biochemistry.; Biology > Technique.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Analytical Chemistry.; Molecular Medicine.; Medical Biochemistry.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Biological Techniques.

The key element of any fluorescence sensing or imaging technology is the fluorescence reporter, which transforms the information on molecular interactions and dynamics into measurable signals of fluorescence emission. This book, written by a team of frontline researchers, demonstrates the broad fiel...

Table of Contents:

• Interfacial behavior of fluorescent dyes. Power and weakness of nanoscopic description
• Fluorescence probing of physicochemical characteristics of the room temperature ionic liquids
• Fluorescence spectroscopy in polymer science
• Fluorescence probing in structurally anisotropic materials. From liquid crystals to macromolecules, micelles and lipid bilayers
• ptimized dyes for protein and nucleic acid detection
• Functional nucleic acids for fluorescence based biosensing applications
• Covalent labeling of biomolecules in living cells
• Tetracysteine and bipartite tags for biarsenical organic fluorophores
• Labeling of oligohistidine-tagged proteins
• In vivo imaging of vascular targets using near-infrared fluorescent probes
• Whole-body imaging of hematopoietic and cancer cells using near infrared probes.