Metal-enhanced fluorescence decay process

Figure 1.2. (A) A schematic diagram depicting the processes in close proximity to metals (< 10 nm) involved in Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence enhanced absorption and coupling to surface piasmons. (B) Emission spectra of FITC deposited onto SIFs and glass. The inset shows the real-color photographs of FITC emission from these surfaces. (C) Intensity decays for FITC on both glass and SiFs. IRF Instrument Response Function.

Figure 16.3 Modified Jablonski diagram ows the energy absorption effects of near metal surface enhanced fluorescence. The process involves o eating an excited electronic singlet state by optical absorption and subsequent emission of fluorescence with different decay paths.

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