title: Fluorescence Spectral Properties of Indocyanine Green on a Roughened Platinum Electrode: Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence.
abstract: The interactions of fluorophores with noble metal particles can modify their emission spectral properties, a relatively new phenomenon in fluorescence. We subsequently examined indocyanine green (ICG), which is widely used in medical testing and imaging, in close proximity to an electrically roughened platinum electrode. The emission intensity and lifetimes were decreased about 2-fold on the roughened surface as compared to a smooth Pt surface, and the photostability about the same. Platinum does not appear promising for metal enhanced fluorescence, at least for long wavelength fluorophores.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Fluorescence and Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Geddes
authors.forename: Alexandr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parfenov
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roll
authors.forename: Md Jamal
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Uddin
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lakowicz