Blum, Christian and Mosk, Allard P. and Nikolaev, Ivan S. and Subramaniam, Vinod and Vos, Willem L. (2008) Color control of natural fluorescent proteins by photonic crystals. SMALL, 4 (4). pp. 492-496.
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Abstract
The emission of fluorescent proteins inside photonic crystals is studied. It is demonstrated that the apparent emission color of the fluorescent protein can be controlled externally by the photonic crystal. With increasing crystal lattice parameter, the appearance of the proteins turns from orange to red, and suddenly to green. The dramatic color changes agree with the theoretically expected redistribution of light escaping around the stop band of the photonic crystal. Our experiments show the potential of combining biological systems with nanophotonics. This ``biophotonic engineering'' may be extended to control emission rates and complex Forster energy-transfer systems obtained by protein engineering.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | biophotonic engineering; emission control; fluorescent proteins; nanomaterials; photonic crystals |
| Subjects: | Biomedical Science > Nanobiotechnology Physical Science > Photonics |
| ID Code: | 1470 |
| Deposited By: | Farnush Anwar |
| Deposited On: | 12 Dec 2008 17:08 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2008 17:08 |
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