title: Fluorescence quenching of dye molecules near gold nanoparticles: radiative and nonradiative effects.
abstract: The radiative and nonradiative decay rates of lissamine dye molecules, chemically attached to differently sized gold nanoparticles, are investigated by means of time-resolved fluorescence experiments. A pronounced fluorescence quenching is observed already for the smallest nanoparticles of 1 nm radius. The quenching is caused not only by an increased nonradiative rate but, equally important, by a drastic decrease in the dye's radiative rate. Assuming resonant energy transfer to be responsible for the nonradiative decay channel, we compare our experimental findings with theoretical results derived from the Gersten-Nitzan model.
authors.affiliation: Photonics and Optoelectronics Group, Physics Department and CeNS, University of Munich, 80799 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dulkeith
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Morteani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niedereichholz
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Klar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feldmann
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: F C J M
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: van Veggel
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Reinhoudt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Gittins
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D005453:Fluorescence; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D006046:Gold