title: Time-resolved detection of singlet oxygen in a transmission microscope.
abstract: The time-resolved absorption spectrum of singlet oxygen [O2(a1 delta g)-->O2(b1 sigma g+)] has been recorded in the region approximately 5100-5300 cm-1 from air-saturated polystyrene samples using a microscope attached to a step-scan Fourier transform IR spectrometer. Singlet oxygen signals were observed with a time resolution of approximately 160 ns from sample volumes of approximately 20 nL using moderate data-acquisition times. These data indicate that it is reasonable and worthwhile to consider the further development of a transmission microscope as a viable tool to create singlet oxygen images of inhomogeneous samples including samples of biological importance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ogilby
mesh_terms: D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011137:Polystyrenes; D010100:Oxygen