The predictable nature of DNA interactions enables the programmable assembly of highly
advanced 2D and 3D DNA structures of nanoscale dimensions. The access to ever larger …

The field of nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs) is already more than 30 years old, and yet
continuing interest in these structures is driven by both the fascinating physics emerging …

Speed, resolution and sensitivity of today's fluorescence bioimaging can be drastically
improved by fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) that are many‐fold brighter than organic dyes …

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 …

Mixed halide lead perovskites (eg, CH3NH3PbBr x I3–x) undergo phase segregation
creating iodide-rich and bromide-rich domains when subjected to visible irradiation. This …

Photoluminescence blinking—random switching between states of high (ON) and low (OFF)
emissivities—is a universal property of molecular emitters found in dyes, polymers …

Optical detection and spectroscopy of single molecules and single nanoparticles have been
achieved at room temperature with the use of surface-enhanced Raman scattering …

Nanomaterials exhibit structural and functional heterogeneity among individual
nanoparticles, thus requiring a capability to study single nanoparticles. While electron …

This Review summarizes the latest advances in the field of rylene dyes and rylene
nanoemitters for applications in photonics, and describes the influence of the dye design on …

Enzymatic turnovers of single cholesterol oxidase molecules were observed in real time by
monitoring the emission from the enzyme's fluorescent active site, flavin adenine …