Title :
A nanoscale ruler by use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer and DNA nano-structure
Author :
Ogura, Yusuke ; Fukushima, Yuta ; Sakai, Hiroto ; Tanida, Jun
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
We present a nanoscale ruler, which enables us to measure a length in a molecule based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Experimental results show that the fluorescence signal changes depending on the measured length.
Keywords :
DNA; bio-optics; fluorescence; DNA nano-structure; fluorescence resonance energy transfer; fluorescence signal; nanoscale ruler; DNA computing; Energy exchange; Energy measurement; Fluorescence; Information processing; Length measurement; Optical computing; Photonics; Resonance; Sequences; DNA; fluorescence resonance energy transfer; nanoscale; photonic DNA computing; ruler;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292255
