Fourier transform spectra of quantum dots

V. Damian; I. Ardelean; Anca Armăşelu; D. Apostol

doi:10.1117/12.862053

17 May 2010 Fourier transform spectra of quantum dots

V. Damian, I. Ardelean, Anca Armăşelu, D. Apostol

Proceedings Volume 7469, ROMOPTO 2009: Ninth Conference on Optics: Micro- to Nanophotonics II; 74690E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862053
Event: ROMOPTO 2009, 2009, Sibiu, Romania

Abstract

Semiconductor quantum dots are nanometer-sized crystals with unique photochemical and photophysical properties that are not available from either isolated molecules or bulk solids. These nanocrystals absorb light over a very broad spectral range as compared to molecular fluorophores which have very narrow excitation spectra. High-quality QDs are proper to be use in different biological and medical applications (as fluorescent labels, the cancer treatment and the drug delivery). In this article, we discuss Fourier transform visible spectroscopy of commercial quantum dots. We reveal that QDs produced by Evident Technologies when are enlightened by laser or luminescent diode light provides a spectral shift of their fluorescence spectra correlated to exciting emission wavelengths, as shown by the ARCspectroNIR Fourier Transform Spectrometer. In the final part of this paper we show an important biological application of CdSe/ZnS core-shell ODs as microbial labeling both for pure cultures of cyanobacteria (Synechocystis PCC 6803) and for mixed cultures of phototrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms.

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V. Damian, I. Ardelean, Anca Armăşelu, and D. Apostol "Fourier transform spectra of quantum dots", Proc. SPIE 7469, ROMOPTO 2009: Ninth Conference on Optics: Micro- to Nanophotonics II, 74690E (17 May 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862053

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