Biophotonics: Spectroscopy, Imaging, Sensing, and Manipulation : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Bio-Photonics: Spectroscopy, Imaging, Sensing, and Manipulation, Erice, Sicily, Italy 2 - 17 July 2009]

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Biophotonics: Harnessing Light for Biology and Medicine....Pages 3-17
Nano-Plasmonics for Bio-Photonics....Pages 19-23
Photons and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy....Pages 25-62
Principles and Applications of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)....Pages 63-85
Nanoscopy Using Localization and Temporal Separation of Fluorescence From Single Molecules....Pages 87-106
Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Energy Transfer Processes in Biological Systems....Pages 107-171
Fluorescence of Strongly Absorbing Multicomponent Media....Pages 173-181
Coherent Quantum Control in Biological Systems....Pages 183-201
Subcellular Surgery and Nanoneurosurgery Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses....Pages 203-218
Solar Energy Conversion – Natural to Artificial....Pages 219-236
Whispering Gallery Mode Biosensor....Pages 237-259
Two-Photon Absorption and Applications to Biological Systems....Pages 261-285
Terahertz Spectroscopy of Biological Systems....Pages 287-303
Laser-Produced Plasmas for Bio-Photonics....Pages 305-319
Real-Time Spectroscopy of Solid-State Random Lasers....Pages 321-342
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Neutrinos in Particle Physics and Astrophysics....Pages 345-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Persistent Hole Burning Induced by Resonant Energy Migration....Pages 359-360
The Biophotonics Group @ “Naples-1” University....Pages 361-361
Spectroscopy of Individual “Artificial Atoms”....Pages 363-363
Spontaneous Light Emission from Alive Cotton Cell-Hair....Pages 365-365
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Mesoscopic Spectral Modulation of Light Transmitted by a Subwavelength Aperture....Pages 367-367
Optical and Vibrational Characterization of Nanostructured Semiconductor Materials....Pages 369-369
Defects in the Atp2b2 Gene Causing Hereditary Hearing and Balance Loss in Mice and Humans: A Biophysical Study of Normal and Mutated PMCA2 Pump Function....Pages 371-371
On the Way to Study the Uptake Mechanisms of Cell Penetrating Peptoids by Single-Molecule Methods....Pages 373-373
Hybrid Solar Cells....Pages 375-375
Bio-Electromagnetics: Microwave Radar System for Breast Cancer Detection....Pages 377-377
Nanocrystal Quantum Dots for Quantum Information Processing....Pages 379-379
Solvation Dynamics Using Ultrafast X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy....Pages 381-381
Development of Optical Biosensors on Basis of Micro-Disk Resonators....Pages 383-383
Multiple Trap Optical Tweezers for Live Cell Force Measurements....Pages 385-386
Heterodyne Interferometric Polarization-Sensitive Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (HIP-CARS) Spectroscopy....Pages 387-388
From Curved Space to Optical Cloaking....Pages 389-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
(Zn,Cu)O Photocatalytic Material and Znga 2 o 4 : Eu 3+ Phosphors....Pages 393-394
Integrated Waveguide Probes as Alternatives to Fiber-Optic Probes for Backscattering and Fluorescence Measurements....Pages 395-396
Characterization of Nanoporous Ceramic Materials Using Combined XRD, XPS and PAL Spectroscopy....Pages 397-397
Femtosecond Laser Surgery: From the Tissue to the Cells....Pages 399-400
Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Crystalline Conformational Changes Under UV-Radiation....Pages 401-401
Incorporation of Axially Substituted Monophtalocyanines of Zirconium, Hafnium and Selected Lanthanides in Monolithic Silica Blocks and Their Optical Properties....Pages 403-403
Design of the Unequal Multilayer Structures for the Selective Optical Filters....Pages 405-405
Optical Properties, Morphology and Long Time Degradation of alq3 Thin Films....Pages 407-407
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Triplet–Triplet Energy Transfer in Nanodimensional Molecular Layers....Pages 409-410
The Influence of Driving Force on Formation and Geminate Recombination of Charges in Alternating Polyfluorene Copolymer/Fullerene Blends....Pages 411-412
(Sub)Picosecond Dynamics in MgDNA Complexes Upon Lowering the PH: A Raman Microspectroscopic Study....Pages 413-413
One- and Two-Photon Pumped DFB Laser Based on Semiconductor Quantum Dots Embedded in a Sol-Gel Matrix....Pages 415-416
NATO ASI 983377 Biophotonics Spectroscopy, Imaging, Sensing and Manipulation....Pages 417-429
Back Matter....Pages 431-433