We report a facile strategy to synthesize folic acid-functionalized two-photon absorbing (TPA) nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission for targeted cancer cell imaging using a two-photon fluorescence microscope.

Selective excitation of a particular fluorophore in the presence of others demands clever design of the optical field interacting with the molecules. We describe the use of 20- to 50-GHz pulse-train excitation leading to two-photon absorption, followed by successive one-photon stimulated emission as a potential technique in the context of controlling two-photon molecular fluorescence, with appl...

In this study, the two-photon excited fluorescence spectra from cadmium selenide quantum dots (QDs) on a silicon nitride photonic crystal (PhC) membrane under femtosecond laser irradiation were investigated. These spectra can be fit to a tri-Gaussian function in which one component is negative in amplitude, and in which the Gaussian components with positive amplitude are assigned to exciton emi...

We experimentally investigate the fluorescence photon emission characteristics for single q-dots by using optical nanofibers. We demonstrate that single q-dots can be deposited along an optical nanofiber systematically and reproducibly with a precision of 5 μm. For single q-dots on an optical nanofiber, we measure the fluorescence photon numbers coupled into the nanofiber and the normalized pho...

Photon emission arising in the course of transition between the states of quark-gluon and hadron plasma has been considered. Single-photon distributions and two-photon correlations in central rapidity region have been calculated for heavy ion collisions at high energies. It has been found that opposite side two-photon correlations can serve as a sign of sharp transitions between the states of s...

Objective: To evaluate the value of Gallium-67 single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in the diagnosis and monitoring treatment response of malignant otitis externa. Methods: Eight patients underwent 12 Gallium-67 single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography scintigraphy for eight suspected malignant otitis externa and were subsequently subjected to vis...

The cross-linking with reducing sugars, known as glycation, is used to increase stiffness and strength of tissues and artificial collagen-based scaffolds. Nondestructive characterization methods that report on the structures within these materials could clarify the effects of glycation. For doing this nondestructive evaluation, we employed an in situ one-photon fluorescence as well as multiphot...