Lévy walks

V Zaburdaev, S Denisov, J Klafter - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
Random walk is a fundamental concept with applications ranging from quantum physics to
econometrics. Remarkably, one specific model of random walks appears to be ubiquitous …

Switchable fluorophores for single-molecule localization microscopy

H Li, JC Vaughan - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the use of super-resolution fluorescence
microscopy methods in biology and other fields. Single-molecule localization microscopy …

Anomalous diffusion models and their properties: non-stationarity, non-ergodicity, and ageing at the centenary of single particle tracking

R Metzler, JH Jeon, AG Cherstvy… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Modern microscopic techniques following the stochastic motion of labelled tracer particles
have uncovered significant deviations from the laws of Brownian motion in a variety of …

Persistence and first-passage properties in nonequilibrium systems

AJ Bray, SN Majumdar, G Schehr - Advances in Physics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In this review, we discuss the persistence and the related first-passage properties in
extended many-body nonequilibrium systems. Starting with simple systems with one or few …

Two types of luminescence blinking revealed by spectroelectrochemistry of single quantum dots

C Galland, Y Ghosh, A Steinbrück, M Sykora… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Photoluminescence blinking—random switching between states of high (ON) and low (OFF)
emissivities—is a universal property of molecular emitters found in dyes, polymers …

Protein crowding in lipid bilayers gives rise to non-Gaussian anomalous lateral diffusion of phospholipids and proteins

JH Jeon, M Javanainen, H Martinez-Seara, R Metzler… - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
Biomembranes are exceptionally crowded with proteins with typical protein-to-lipid ratios
being around 1∶ 50− 1∶ 100. Protein crowding has a decisive role in lateral membrane …

Unravelling the benefits of transition-metal-co-doping in lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles

S Mohanty, AM Kaczmarek - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advances reveal that upconversion (UC) luminescent materials are highly important
not just from a scientific, but also from a future application standpoint. Although significant …

Two mechanisms determine quantum dot blinking

G Yuan, DE Gómez, N Kirkwood, K Boldt, P Mulvaney - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Many potential applications of quantum dots (QDs) can only be realized once the
luminescence from single nanocrystals (NCs) is understood. These applications include the …

Observation and control of blinking nitrogen-vacancy centres in discrete nanodiamonds

C Bradac, T Gaebel, N Naidoo, MJ Sellars… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Nitrogen-vacancy colour centres in diamond can undergo strong, spin-sensitive optical
transitions under ambient conditions, which makes them attractive for applications in …

Single particle tracking in systems showing anomalous diffusion: the role of weak ergodicity breaking

S Burov, JH Jeon, R Metzler, E Barkai - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Anomalous diffusion has been widely observed by single particle tracking microscopy in
complex systems such as biological cells. The resulting time series are usually evaluated in …