Controlled Transfer of Excitation Energy Through Thin Layers

Bücher, H.; Drexhage, K. H.; Fleck, Michel; Kuhn, Hans; Möbius, Dietmar; Schäfer, F. P.; Sondermann, J.; Sperling, W.; Tillmann, Peter; Wiegand, J.

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“…1. The dipole is located at a distance d from the mirror and has a dipole moment given by 1) where l/b is the lifetime of the dipole in the presence of the mirror. We have chosen the amplitude at t=O as unity for convenience.…”

Section: The Lifetime Of a Dipole Emitter Near An Interface: Enermentioning

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Comments on the classical theory of energy transfer

Chance¹,

Prock

Silbey

1975

The Journal of Chemical Physics

247

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Energy transfer from an emitting molecule to an absorbing half−space is considered from the viewpoint of electromagnetic theory. The lifetime of a dipole emitter in the presence of a mirror is determined through a calculation of the complex Poynting vector in the dielectric surrounding the dipole. This method has the advantage over previous approaches to this problem in that the radiative and nonradiative components of the lifetime expression may be rigorously separated. The influence on emitter lifetime of a mirror of finite thickness is also described. A simple expression is derived describing the energy transfer rate in these layered systems. It is shown that nonradiative energy transfer results from coupling of the near field of the dipole to the surface plasmon modes in the metallic absorber. The Förster energy transfer rate law is discussed in the context of the present theory.

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Section: The Lifetime Of a Dipole Emitter Near An Interface: Enermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[1][2][3][4][5] The molecule is represented as an oscillating dipole whose reflected electric field produces a time dependent force which is incorporated into the equation of motion of the dipole. The equation is solved to find a damping (or lifetime) term which depends on the distance of the dipole from the mirror.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Comments on the classical theory of energy transfer

Chance¹,

Prock

Silbey

1975

The Journal of Chemical Physics

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194

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“…By separating monolayers of two suited dyes by Cd arachidate monolayers in a multilayer assembly,-information is obtained on the distance dependence of the energy transfer and on possibly occurring rearrangements of the multilayer system [ 1 ]. Fig.…”

Section: Energy Transfer From a Fluorescent Cyanine Dye To Cytochrome Cmentioning

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“…During the last few years it was shown that it is possible to build up simple organized lamellar systems containing Cd arachidate and different dye molecules by means of a monolayer assembling technique [ 1 ]. This paper deals with similar systems containing Cd arachidate and cytochrome c. The cytochrome c layers are produced by adsorption of dissolved cytochrome c on an arachidic acid film at the air/water interface [2].…”

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Energy transfer to cytochrome c in an artificial lamellar system

Fromherz

1970

FEBS Letters

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“…In his theory, the rate constant for transfer kT is related to geometric and spectroscopic factors by5 kT = r-JK2 n-4 kF X 8.71 X 1023 sec-1 (1) where r is the distance (in A) between the centers of the donor and acceptor transition moments, K2 is the dipole-dipole orientation factor, n is the refractive index of the medium, and kF is the rate constant (in sec1) for fluorescence emission by the donor. The spectral overlap integral J, which measures the extent to which the donor and acceptor transitions are in resonance, is given by = fF(X)e(X)dX (2) where F (X) is the fluorescence intensity of the energy donor at wavelength X (in cm), and E(X) is the molar decadic extinction coefficient (in cm-' M-) of the energy acceptor.…”

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Dependence of the Kinetics of Singlet-Singlet Energy Transfer on Spectral Overlap

Haugland

Yguerabide

Stryer

1969

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

162

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Abstract.-Electronic excitation energy can be transferred between chromophores separated by distances of the order of 30 A. Forster proposed that the transfer occurs by a dipole-dipole resonance interaction which depends on certain spectroscopic and geometric properties of the donor-acceptor pair. His prediction that the rate of transfer depends on the inverse sixth power of the distance between the chromophores was verified previously. In this work, we tested a second prediction of F6rster's theory, namely, that the transfer rate is proportional to J, the magnitude of the overlap between the emission spectrum of the energy donor and the absorption spectrum of the energy acceptor.The energy donor was an N-methylindole moiety, and the acceptor was a ketone. These chromophores were fused to a rigid steroid that separated them by 10.2 A. Rate constants for singlet-singlet energy transfer in this system were obtained by nanosecond flash spectroscopy. J was varied over a 40-fold range simply by altering the solvent. We found that the transfer rate is proportional to J, as predicted by F6rster's theory. The results bear on the potential use of this energy transfer process to measure distances in biological macromolecules. It is evident that the length of such a spectroscopic ruler can readily be controlled by varying the magnitude of the spectral overlap integral of the energy donor-acceptor pair.Singlet-singlet energy transfer can occur over distances of the order of 30 A. 13 Forster has proposed that the transfer occurs by a dipole-dipole resonance interaction between the energy donor and acceptor chromophores. In his theory, the rate constant for transfer kT is related to geometric and spectroscopic factors by5 kT = r-JK2 n-4 kF X 8.71 X 1023 sec-1where r is the distance (in A) between the centers of the donor and acceptor transition moments, K2 is the dipole-dipole orientation factor, n is the refractive index of the medium, and kF is the rate constant (in sec1) for fluorescence emission by the donor. The spectral overlap integral J, which measures the extent to which the donor and acceptor transitions are in resonance, is given by = fF(X)e(X)dX (2) where F (X) is the fluorescence intensity of the energy donor at wavelength X (in cm), and E(X) is the molar decadic extinction coefficient (in cm-' M-) of the energy acceptor.

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Controlled Transfer of Excitation Energy Through Thin Layers

Cited by 208 publications

References 11 publications

Comments on the classical theory of energy transfer

Comments on the classical theory of energy transfer

Energy transfer to cytochrome c in an artificial lamellar system

Dependence of the Kinetics of Singlet-Singlet Energy Transfer on Spectral Overlap

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