title: Photonic engineering of hybrid metal-organic chromophores.
abstract: An aureate dye: Confined electromagnetic fields in DNA-templated gold nanoparticle dimers were tuned to engineer the fluorescence properties of organic dyes in water (see picture). Purified suspensions of hybrid metal-organic chromophores featured unprecedented photophysical properties, such as a short lifetime and low quantum yield but high brightness.
authors.affiliation: Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM U979, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Mickaël P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Busson
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rolly
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bonod
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wenger
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bidault
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D004058:Diffusion; D019281:Dimerization; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D050607:Organogold Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D050607:Organogold Compounds; D006046:Gold; D004247:DNA