The photophysical properties of the polyamide PyPyPyβDp (PPP) were investigated by means of steady-state absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, as well as time-resolved fluo-rescence spectroscopy. It was found t...The photophysical properties of the polyamide PyPyPyβDp (PPP) were investigated by means of steady-state absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, as well as time-resolved fluo-rescence spectroscopy. It was found that the excited-state properties of PPP are very sensitive to solvents. In TKMC buffer PPP exhibited weak fluorescence with a decay time constant of 16 ps, while with the decrease of the solvent polarity PPP showed the blue-shifted peak position, increased inten-sity and lengthened life-time for its fluorescence behavior. In the presence of calf thymus DNA, it was observed that the fluorescence intensity was enhanced and the fluorescence lifetime increased from 16 to 32 ps for PPP, which verified that PPP bound into the minor groove of DNA duplex.展开更多
The intersystem crossing and isomerization dynamics of free-Cy3,Cy3-ssDNA,free-Cy5 and Cy5-ssDNA are obtained through simple analysis of rapid on/off blinking from single molecule fluorescence intensity time-traces an...The intersystem crossing and isomerization dynamics of free-Cy3,Cy3-ssDNA,free-Cy5 and Cy5-ssDNA are obtained through simple analysis of rapid on/off blinking from single molecule fluorescence intensity time-traces and the fluorescence correlation spectroscopy(FCS).The on-and off-times observed in fluorescence time traces of single cyanine dyes are due to the formation of the triplet state and isomerization,where both the interaction with DNA and long central polymethine chain of cyanine dyes increase the barriers of isomerization,leading to long off-time.The results indicate that the single molecule fluorescence fluctuation together with the resulting second autocorrelation analysis are powerful methods for determining the triplet state and isomerization dynamics,which could be the simple techniques and complementary to other spectroscopic techniques,such as fluorescence decay measurement and laser flash photolysis to study the photophysical processes of complex molecules.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20133020, 20272005).
文摘The photophysical properties of the polyamide PyPyPyβDp (PPP) were investigated by means of steady-state absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, as well as time-resolved fluo-rescence spectroscopy. It was found that the excited-state properties of PPP are very sensitive to solvents. In TKMC buffer PPP exhibited weak fluorescence with a decay time constant of 16 ps, while with the decrease of the solvent polarity PPP showed the blue-shifted peak position, increased inten-sity and lengthened life-time for its fluorescence behavior. In the presence of calf thymus DNA, it was observed that the fluorescence intensity was enhanced and the fluorescence lifetime increased from 16 to 32 ps for PPP, which verified that PPP bound into the minor groove of DNA duplex.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20773139, 20833008 & 20825314)State Key Project for Fundamental Research (Grant Nos. 2006CB806000 & 2007CB815200)
文摘The intersystem crossing and isomerization dynamics of free-Cy3,Cy3-ssDNA,free-Cy5 and Cy5-ssDNA are obtained through simple analysis of rapid on/off blinking from single molecule fluorescence intensity time-traces and the fluorescence correlation spectroscopy(FCS).The on-and off-times observed in fluorescence time traces of single cyanine dyes are due to the formation of the triplet state and isomerization,where both the interaction with DNA and long central polymethine chain of cyanine dyes increase the barriers of isomerization,leading to long off-time.The results indicate that the single molecule fluorescence fluctuation together with the resulting second autocorrelation analysis are powerful methods for determining the triplet state and isomerization dynamics,which could be the simple techniques and complementary to other spectroscopic techniques,such as fluorescence decay measurement and laser flash photolysis to study the photophysical processes of complex molecules.
