Single Molecule Spectroscopy : Nobel Conference Lectures

by Rigler, Rudolf; Orrit, M.; Basche, T.

• ISBN13: 9783540424536
• ISBN10: 3540424539
• eBook ISBN(s): 9783642565441
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
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Summary

This book surveys recent advances related to the application of single molecule techniques in various fields of science. The topics, each described by leading experts in the field, range from single molecule experiments in quantum optics and solid-state physics to analogous investigations in physical chemistry and biophysics. A unifying theme of all chapters is the power of single molecule techniques to unravel fluctuations and heterogeneities usually hidden in the ensemble average of complex systems. The concept for the book originated from a gathering of some of the world's leading scientists at the Nobel Conference in Sweden.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
History of Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Small Neutral Particles, Atoms, and Molecules	1	(31)
A. Ashkin
Thirteen Years of Single-Molecule Spectroscopy in Physical Chemistry and Biophysics	32	(30)
W. E. Moerner
The Electronic Structure of Single Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes	62	(20)
A. M. van Oijen
M. Ketelaars
J. Kohler
T. J. Aartsma
J. Schmidt
Single-Molecule Optical Switching: A Mechanistic Study of Nonphotochemical Hole-Burning	82	(17)
F. Kulzer
T. Basche
Triggered Emission of Single Photons by a Single Molecule	99	(15)
C. Brunel
P. Tamarat
B. Lounis
M. Orrit
Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers Unmasked by Single Molecule Spectroscopy	114	(16)
J. Yu
D.-H. Hu
P. F. Barbara
Conflning and Probing Single Molecules in Synthetic Liposomes	130	(14)
C. F. Wilson
D. T. Chiu
R. N. Zare
A. Stromberg
A. Karlsson
O. Orwar
Single Molecule Detection Using Near Infrared Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering	144	(17)
K. Kneipp
H. Kneipp
I. Itzkan
R. R. Dasari
M. S. Feld
Single-Molecule Fluorescence - Each Photon Counts	161	(16)
C. G. Hubner
V. Krylov
A. Renn
P. Nyffeler
U. P. Wild
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Single-Molecule Analysis: Enzymatic Catalysis at the Single Molecule Level	177	(18)
R. Rigler
L. Edman
Z. Foldes-Papp
S. Wennmalm
The Characterization of a Transmembrane Receptor Protein by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy	195	(16)
T. Wohland
K. Friedrich-Benet
H. Pick
A. Preuss
R. Hovius
H. Vogel
Applications of Dual-Color Confocal Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Biotechnology	211	(16)
A. Koltermann
U. Kettling
J. Stephan
M. Rarbach
T. Winkler
M. Eigen
Single-Molecule Enzymology	227	(14)
X. S. Xie
H. P. Lu
Single-Molecule Enzymology	241	(16)
N. J. Dovichi
R. Polakowski
A. Skelley
D. B. Craig
J. Wong
The Energy Landscape	257	(20)
H. Frauenfelder
B. H. McMahon
Coherent Intramolecular Dynamics in Small Enzyme Populations	277	(16)
A. S. Mikhailov
P. Stange
B. Hess
Single-Molecule Dynamics in Biosystems	293	(20)
T. Yanagida
Single-Molecule Dynamics Associated with Protein Folding and Deformations of Light-Harvesting Complexes	313	(13)
D. S. Talaga
Y. Jia
M. A. Bopp
A. Sytnik
W. A. DeGrado
R. J. Cogdell
R. M. Hochstrasser
The Study of Single Biomolecules with Fluorescence Methods	326	(12)
T. Ha
X. Zhuang
H. Babcock
H. Kim
J. W. Orr
J. R. Williamson
L. Bartley
R. Russell
D. Herschlag
S. Chu
Studying the Green Fluorescent Protein with Single-Molecule Spectroscopy	338	(15)
A. Zumbusch
G. Jung
C. Brauchle
Index	353