Title :
Photophysical properties of novel Ru-complex probes for two-photon dissolved oxygen imaging
Author :
Khan, Adnan Ahmed ; Ahmed, Toufik ; Vigil, Genevieve D. ; Fullerton-Shirey, Susan K. ; Howard, Scott S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
Abstract :
Oxygen-sensitive hydrophobic indicators encapsulated in poloxamer nanomicelles are quantitatively demonstrated to preserve the oxygen-sensitivity and the two-photon induced phosphorescence in a ruthenium-complex indicator, thus providing for economical dissolved oxygen imaging probes.
Keywords :
colloids; nanophotonics; optical images; oxygen; phosphorescence; two-photon spectra; O2; Ru-complex probes; dissolved oxygen imaging probes; oxygen sensitivity; oxygen-sensitive hydrophobic indicators; photophysical properties; poloxamer nanomicelles; ruthenium-complex indicator; two-photon dissolved oxygen imaging; two-photon induced phosphorescence; Biomedical optical imaging; Microscopy; Nanobioscience; Optical sensors; Phosphorescence; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
