Ultra-bright emission from hexagonal boron nitride defects as a new platform for bio-imaging and bio-labelling
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Elbadawi, Christopher
Tran, Trong Toan
Shimoni, Olga
Totonjian, Daniel
Lobo, Charlene J.
Ford, Michael J.
Aharonovich, Igor
Toth, Milos
Grosso, Gabriele
Moon, Hyowon
Date Issued
October 2016
Journal
Proceedings Volume 10013, SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia
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SPIE
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Elbadawi, Christopher, et al. "Ultra-Bright Emission from Hexagonal Boron Nitride Defects as a New Platform for Bio-Imaging and Bio-Labelling." Proceedings Volume 10013, SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia, 16-19 October, 2016, Adelaide, Australia, edited by Mark R. Hutchinson and Ewa M. Goldys, SPIE, 2016, p. 1001314.
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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 emitters. 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 biomolecules. 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.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2242988
