Ultra-bright emission from hexagonal boron nitride defects as a new platform for bio-imaging and bio-labelling
Author(s)
Elbadawi, Christopher
Tran, Trong Toan
Shimoni, Olga
Totonjian, Daniel
Moon, Hyowan
Ford, Michael J.
Aharonovich, Igor
Toth, Milos
Lobo, Charlene
Grosso, Gabriele
Date Issued
December 2016
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE--the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Publisher
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Citation
Elbadawi, Christopher, Trong Toan Tran, Olga Shimoni, Daniel Totonjian, Charlene J. Lobo, Gabriele Grosso, Hyowan Moon, et al. “Ultra-Bright Emission from Hexagonal Boron Nitride Defects as a New Platform for Bio-Imaging and Bio-Labelling.” Edited by Mark R. Hutchinson and Ewa M. Goldys. SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia (December 9, 2016).
Version
Final published version
Abstract
Bio-imaging requires robust ultra-bright probes without causing any toxicity to the cellular environment, maintain their stability and are chemically inert. In this work we present hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanoflakes which exhibit narrowband ultra-bright single photon emitters1. The emitters are optically stable at room temperature and under ambient environment. hBN has also been noted to be noncytotoxic and seen significant advances in functionalization with biomolecules2,3. We further demonstrate two methods of engineering this new range of extremely robust multicolour emitters across the visible and near infrared spectral ranges for large scale sensing and biolabeling applications.
Subjects
hexagonal Boron Nitride, 2D materials, multicolour, biolabelling
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2242988
