Time-resolved spectral wing emission kinetics and optical imaging of human cancerous and normal prostate tissues

Time-resolved polarization-dependent kinetics of near infrared (NIR) spectral wing (SW) emission from human cancerous and normal prostate tissues was investigated. The differences between the temporal profiles, intensities and polarization properties of SW emission from cancerous and normal prostate tissues were observed. The intensity of SW emission from cancerous prostate tissue at peak position was found ∼2 times stronger than the normal prostate tissue indicating changes of fluorophores contained in the cancerous tissue compared with normal tissue. The decay time of anisotropy of SW emission from cancerous tissue was found ∼1.4 times longer than that of normal tissue reflecting changes of the micro-environment of fluorophores in the cancerous tissue as compared with the normal tissue. The stronger intensity of SW emission from cancerous tissue was used to image and identify cancerous areas surrounded by normal tissue.     

运用偏振荧光的手段研究氧化胁迫对小麦叶绿体荧光的影响

采集抽穗期小麦旗叶,采用1mmol.L-1 H2O2、干旱、黑暗处理24h诱导产生氧化损伤模型,然后运用偏振荧光的手段检测了叶绿体的荧光发射谱和荧光激发谱,结果发现,无论选择436nm激发叶绿素a(Chla)分子,或固定475nm激发叶绿素b(Chlb)分子,氧化胁迫后光系统Ⅱ反应中心P680与光系统Ⅰ反应中心P700的荧光发射峰峰面积比值A684/A720呈上升趋势;通过比较偏振荧光激发谱上E436/E475和E475/E600比值,发现随着氧化胁迫的进行,Chla对于反应中心能量传递的相对贡献大于Chlb;此外,类胡萝卜素向Chlb能量传递效率在各个偏振方向上均有所提高;通过计算偏振度及粘度,发现氧化胁迫处理促使680nm处荧光偏振度提高,内囊体膜微环境粘度增加。上述结果为研究氧化胁迫提供了一种简单、易行的方法。     

Information Content of Fluorescence Polarization and Anisotropy

The equality of information content in fluorescence polarization and emission anisotropy is a common assumption and the two quantities are used according to practical considerations. However, an information-theoretic analysis presented here reveals that their information content is substantially different. A scaling relation exists between polarization and anisotropy, and normalization allows their direct comparison. Various measures of information such as the absolute, relative, differential, and potential entropies all appear larger for anisotropy over part or all of its normalized overlap with the polarization function. The larger information content coincides with the signal range where the emitted light is polarized mostly in the parallel direction. Polarization takes on larger absolute entropy only when the emission is about perpendicular to the incident light and when the differential entropy is considered over the entire physical domain. The additional information locally afforded by polarization appears to be related to its larger signal range whereas the extra information in anisotropy may be attributed to a second perpendicular emission plane in its definition, which is oriented along the axis of propagation of light and takes the contribution of all degrees of rotational freedom into account. Thus anisotropy may be considered as a more accurate and more informative representation of the underlying physical phenomena. Some practical aspects relevant to studies of protein–ligand interactions are also discussed.     

Steady-State and Time-Resolved Fluorescence Polarization Behavior of Acenaphthene

Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence polarization studies have been carried out on acenaphthene (ACE) in low-temperature glass solutions and at room temperature. In the low-temperature glass the fluorescence polarization values vary considerably with both emission and excitation wavelength. There is a time dependence (on the nanosecond time scale) of the fluorescence anisotropy, r(t), at 77 K, which has a strong dependence upon the excitation and emission wavelengths. Under these conditions, the time-dependent decay of the anisotropy is not attributable to chromophoric motion. The observations are consistent with emission from two closely lying and interconverting excited states. Rate constants for the photophysical processes involved have been determined by fitting the data using a model proposed by Fleming et. al. The results are discussed with particular reference to the care required in using dynamic fluorescence polarization measurements to determine energy transfer rates in systems containing this chromophore.     

Study of Spectroscopic Properties of Yb-doped Calcium Fluorapatite

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Study of Spectroscopic Properties of Yb-doped Calcium Fluorapatite

The spectroscopic performance of Yb-doped calcium fluorapatite (Yb:FAP) was assessed by measuring polarization absorption spectra, polarization emission spectra and fluorescence lifetime. The emission cross section has been evaluated using the absorption cross section and principle of reciprocity. The π polarization absorption and emission cross sections of Yb3+ in FAP are found to be substantially larger than those of other Yb-doped media. Favorable spectroscopic parameters show that Yb:FAP crystal is more desirable for many diode-pumped solid state laser application with low- and medium-power in the near future.     

血液静态荧光偏振光谱研究

报道了用408 nm的LED偏振光诱导浓度为0.3%的人全血溶液在350800 nm波段的静态荧光偏振光谱,讨论了其光谱的结构特征和红移现象并给出了机理解释;检测了不同浓度全血溶液荧光偏振光谱中在490nm和610 nm附近处两个各主要荧光区的偏振度,实验结果表明,当血液浓度为1.0%时,在两个主要荧光区的偏振度分别为0.4796和0.4344,当浓度增加到8.0%时,相应的偏拓坟墓分别为0.2064和0.0538。研究了偏振度随浓度的变化规律,用能量转移理论分析了在不同荧光区、不同浓度下,血液中各荧光团之间的不同能量转换机理及偏振度的变化现象。研究结果对光诱导生物组织自体荧光诊断技术有一定的参考价值。     

异丙醇-水配合液的荧光偏振和时间分辨特性

研究了紫外光照射下异丙醇-水配合液的偏振荧光光谱,以及不同荧光峰处光子强度随时间的衰变过程,计算了偏振度并讨论了其偏振特性,测试了不同峰位对应的荧光寿命并分析了其荧光发射特性.结果表明,异丙醇-水配合液在紫外光激励下发射的荧光为具有确定分子取向的部分偏振光,偏振度和各向异性度分别为0.542和0.441.在波长为220...     

Yb:FAP晶体的光谱特性

研究了Yb:FAP晶体的光谱特性.用980nm的InGaAs激光二极管激发测量了Yb:FAP晶体的偏振发射光谱和荧光寿命,结合晶体的偏振吸收光谱,采用对易法计算了晶体的吸收截面和发射截面.讨论了Yb³⁺掺杂浓度对Yb:FAP的光谱参数的影响.在较低掺杂浓度下,Yb:FAP晶体π偏振方向在903nm处的吸收截面为10×10^-20cm²,在1.043μm处的发射截面为5.8×10^-20cm²,激光上能级的荧光寿命为1.1ms.比较了Yb:FAP晶体和Yb:YAG晶体的光谱性能参数.     

Polarization anisotropy of exciton in self-assembled elliptical InP/InGaP quantum dots

Optical anisotropy of self-assembled elliptical InP quantum dots has been investigated in terms of the polarization dependence of excitons. Although large size inhomogeneity is present, two kinds of characteristic quantum dots, which are classified into large and small quantum dots, were found in terms of the polarization anisotropy. We have confirmed that the large quantum dots are more pronounced in the polarization anisotropy, where the degree of linear polarization for the large quantum dots is significantly larger (∼60%) than that for the small ones (∼36%). The effective shape of quantum dots is also estimated by using the size dependence of oscillator strength, which is in agreement with the AFM image. We also suggest that the anisotropy of exciton oscillator strength can be modified via the dipole–dipole interaction between nearest exciton dipoles.     

Controlling fluorescence emission by plasmonic toroidal dipolar resonance in a ring-groove metastructure

We propose a ring-groove nanostructure which can achieve toroidal dipolar resonance under normal incidence, and find that this design, due to the strong field confinement for this dipolar resonance, can simultaneously enhance the radiative decay rate and achieve high degree of linear polarization of the fluorescence emission. In addition, both radiation enhancement and degree of linear polarization are higher than those by other structure that cannot obtain toroidal dipolar resonance. It is expected that this design can promote the development of polarized light-emitting devices with enhanced emission intensity and potentially functional toroidal metasurface lasers.     

Anisotropy of near-field speckle patterns

In the vicinity of a rough interface under normal illumination the speckle field has been found to be anisotropic; that is, its correlation length is much larger in the direction of polarization than in the perpendicular direction, forming stripe-shaped speckle patterns in the near-field region. Furthermore, with increasing distance from the interface, the anisotropy of the near-field speckles decays rapidly, while the speckle size increases drastically in all directions. Based on detailed analysis, it was found that the anisotropy of the near-field speckle patterns can be attributed to polarization-dependent coupling among the evanescent waves from different surface diffusers.     

基于荧光光谱技术研究食用豆油的生物效应

采用FLS900荧光光谱仪对食用豆油的老鼠全血溶液与正常全血溶液进行了荧光光谱对比分析,得到了食用豆油以及正常老鼠血液的光谱特征差异.实验结果表明,当采用407nm的激光激励全血溶液时,会发出峰值分别位于515nm、556nm和610nm处的荧光.食用豆油的血液荧光强度比正常血液的荧光强度小,其荧光偏振度也小于正常血液的偏振度.分析认为长期食用豆油导致血细胞表面积变小,即发光面积变小,引起荧光强度减小;体积变小,使得分子的旋转能力增强,发射荧光记忆入射光的能力减弱,去偏效果明显增强,因而荧光偏振度变小.研究结果表明,长期食用豆油后能有效使人体血液粘度减小,改善血液循环,为食用油的营养价值分析及指导人们正确食用油脂提供参考.     

基于荧光光谱技术研究食用豆油的生物效应

采用FLS900荧光光谱仪对食用豆油的老鼠全血溶液与正常全血溶液进行了荧光光谱对比分析,得到了食用豆油以及正常老鼠血液的光谱特征差异.实验结果表明,当采用407 nm的激光激励全血溶液时,会发出峰值分别位于515 nm、556 nm和610 nm处的荧光.食用豆油的血液荧光强度比正常血液的荧光强度小,其荧光偏振度也小于正常血液的偏振度.分析认为长期食用豆油导致血细胞表面积变小,即发光面积变小,引起荧光强度减小;体积变小,使得分子的旋转能力增强,发射荧光记忆入射光的能力减弱,去偏效果明显增强,因而荧光偏振度变小.研究结果表明,长期食用豆油后能有效使人体血液粘度减小,改善血液循环,为食用油的营养价值分析及指导人们正确食用油脂提供参考.     

Three-photon-induced fluorescence of diphenylhexatriene in solvents and lipid bilayers

We observed the emission of l,6-diphenyl-l,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) when excited with the fundamental output of a fs Ti:sapphire laser at 860 nm. The emission spectra of DPH were identical to that observed for one-photon excitation at 287 nm. The dependence of the DPH emission intensity on laser power was cubic, indicating three-photon excitation of DPH at 860 nm. At a shorter wavelength of 810 nm, the dependence on laser power was quadratic, indicating a two-photon process. At an intermediate wavelength of 830 nm the mode of excitation was a mixture of two- and three-photon excitation. At 830 nm the anisotropy is no longer a molecular parameter, and the mode of excitation and anisotropy of DPH depends on laser power. Frequency-domain anisotropy decays of DPH in triacetin revealed the same rotational correlation times for two- and three-photon excitation. However, the time 0 anisotropy of DPH was larger for three-photon excitation than for two-photon excitation. Steady-state anisotropy data for DPH-labeled membranes revealed the same transition temperature for one- and three-photon excitation. These anisotropy data indicate that membrane heating was not significant with three-photon excitation and that three-photon excitation may thus be of practical usefulness in fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy of membranes.     

Thionine Interaction to DNA: Comparative Spectroscopic Studies on Double Stranded Versus Single Stranded DNA

Interaction of thionine with double stranded and single stranded calf thymus DNA has been studied by absorbance, fluorescence, competition dialysis, circular dichroism and isothermal titration calorimetry. Binding to the native double stranded DNA conformation induced strong quenching in fluorescence spectrum of thionine. Linear Scatchard plots indicated the binding to be of one type and the affinity values evaluated to be of the order of 10⁵ M⁻¹ with double stranded DNA. Fluorescence quenching was much weaker with single stranded DNA and the binding affinity was about one order lower. Ferrocyanide quenching studies revealed that the fluorescence emission of dye molecules bound to the double stranded DNA was quenched much less compared to those bound to the single stranded DNA. Furthermore, there was significant emission polarization for the bound dye molecules and strong energy transfer from the DNA base pairs to the dye molecules indicating intercalative binding to ds DNA. Salt dependence of the binding phenomenon revealed that electrostatic forces played a significant role in the binding process. The intercalation of the dye molecules to double stranded DNA and simple stacking to single strands was proved from these fluorescence techniques. Support to the fluorescence results have been derived from absorption, circular dichroic and dialysis results. Calorimetric studies suggested that the binding to ds DNA conformation was both enthalpy and entropy favoured while that to ss DNA was predominantly entropy favoured.     

Specific features of the time dependence of intensity of differently polarized fluorescence components of bichromophore molecules caused by radiative dissipative interaction between their chromophores

Specific features of the time dependence of the intensity of differently polarized fluorescence components of a single bichromophore molecule and a monomolecular layer of such molecules are found. These features are related to the radiative dissipative interaction between chromophores of the molecule. The most prominent feature is the fall to zero of the intensity of fluorescence polarized perpendicular to polarization of the exciting light pulse at certain orientations of molecules with respect to the propagation direction of the light pulse. The complete quenching of this fluorescence component occurs when the excited-state population of an initially unexcited chromophore in molecules where only one of the two chromophores was excited reaches a maximum. As a result, the time dependence of the anisotropy of fluorescence of such molecular layers is described by hyperbolic secant with a maximum equal to unity at the quenching moment.     

Polarization of plane wave propagating inside elastic hexagonal system solids

Based on the reported physical parameters for hexagonal system solids,we have calculated the effects of anisotropy on polarization of plane P-wave propagation.Herein we report the results of calculations and the newly observed physical phenomena.It is found that,for a given propagation,if the polarization is parallel to the wave vector,so also to the Poynting vector.In such a case,the phase velocity is identical to the energy velocity;the quasi P-wave degenerates to a pure P-wave along the propagation.It is also noted that if the polarization is parallel to the Poynting vector but not to the wave vector,the propagating wave cannot be a pure P-wave.Furthermore,the polarization in a quasi P-wave may deviate from the wave vector for more than 45°,but the deviation from the Poynting vector is always less than 45°.The energy velocity of a quasi SV-wave can be larger than that of the quasi P-wave in some propagation directions,even though the phase velocity of a quasi SV-wave may never be larger than either the phase velocity or energy velocity of the quasi P-wave.Finally,in case of parameters ε=0 and δ*≠0,the polarization of a quasi P-wave has an observed symmetry at a 45°phase angle.The anisotropy of a hexagonal system solid determines if a pure P-wave can be created and what the propagation direction is for a plane wave propagating inside such a hexagonal system solid.     

Polymer-doped ferroelectric liquid crystal: UV absorbance,fluorescence and electro-optical study

In this study, UV absorption, fluorescence and electro-optical study have been performed for pure ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) and its three different concentrations, i.e. 1%, 3% and 5% of fluorescent polymer in the pure FLC. We observed that there is higher value of UV absorption for fluorescent polymer-doped system in comparison to the pure system. We have found excitation wavelength, emission wavelength and quantum yield for all the mixtures. Quantum yield shows the probability of excited state being deactivated by fluorescence rather than non-radiative mechanism. The higher value of spontaneous polarization and faster response has been observed for fluorescent polymer-doped system compared to the pure FLC system. The electro-optical study also suggests that there exists an optimum concentration of fluorescent polymer for which we have found highest spontaneous polarization and least response time.     

Circularly polarized soft X-ray generation by Co/Pt thin film polarizer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

We have experimentally demonstrated circular polarization generation from linear polarized soft X-ray at synchrotron by adopting a thin magnetic film polarizer. Polarizer is composed of Co/Pt multilayer with a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, which allows us to easily accommodate without needing any tilting angle into the measurement setup since the circular polarization is generated for the X-ray with normal incidence and transmission. Generated circular polarization is examined by observing magnetic domain features based on the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, where ∼11% of circular component is estimated compared to the case of full circular polarization.