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- Fulwyler, CH, et al.
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Personal remembrances
- 2005
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Ingår i: CYTOMETRY PART A. - 1552-4922. ; 67A:2, s. 54-60
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- Strömqvist, Johan, et al.
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Binding of Biotin to Streptavidin : A combined fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and time-resolved fluorescence study
- 2011
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Ingår i: The European Physical Journal Special Topics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1951-6355 .- 1951-6401. ; 199:1, s. 181-194
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Biotin-Streptavidin complex is a widely studied system in biology and biophysics, because of its extremely strong non-covalent binding affinity. The latter is often exploited to link molecules to substrates or to one another. However, the details of the Biotin-Streptavidin binding have not been fully elucidated so far. Particularly, the role of cooperative effects in enhancing the binding affinity has not been clarified. Our long-term aim is to investigate this point by implementing two complementary approaches, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and time-correlated single-photon counting. As both methods rely on the analysis of fluorescence signals, biotin labeled with Atto-550-dye was used. In this work, in order to get a first overview of the system, we analyzed solutions in three paradigmatic ranges of Biotin-to-Streptavidin concentration ratio. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements allowed us to extract diffusion times of free biotin and of biotin-Streptavidin complexes, and also to gain information about the dynamics of the intersystem crossing between the first excited triplet and the first excited singlet states. Time-correlated single-photon counting made it possible to derive the lifetimes of the different species in solution, as well as to deduce relevant information about the relative abundance of Streptavidin-complexed and free Biotin.
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- Ferrero, L., et al.
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Determining the Aethalometer multiple scattering enhancement factor C from the filter loading parameter
- 2024
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Ingår i: Science of the Total Environment. - 0048-9697 .- 1879-1026. ; 917
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Light-absorbing aerosols heat the atmosphere; an accurate quantification of their absorption coefficient is mandatory. However, standard reference instruments (CAPS, MAAP, PAX, PTAAM) are not always available at each measuring site around the world.By integrating all previous published studies concerning the Aethalometers, the AE33 filter loading parameter, provided by the dual-spot algorithm, were used to determine the multiple scattering enhancement factor from the Aethalometer itself (hereinafter CAE) on an yearly and a monthly basis. The method was developed in Milan, where Aethalometer measurements were compared with MAAP data; the comparison showed a good agreement in terms of equivalent black carbon (R2 = 0.93; slope = 1.02 and a negligible intercept = 0.12 μg m−3) leading to a yearly experimental multiple scattering enhancement factor of 2.51 ± 0.04 (hereinafter CMAAP). On a yearly time base the CAE values obtained using the new approach was 2.52 ± 0.01, corresponding to the experimental one (CMAAP). Considering the seasonal behavior, higher experimental CMAAP and computed CAE values were found in summer (2.83 ± 0.12) whereas, the lower ones in winter/early-spring (2.37 ± 0.03), in agreement with the single scattering albedo behavior in the Po Valley.Overall, the agreement between the experimental CMAAP and CAE showed a root mean squared error (RMSE) of just 0.038 on the CMAAP prediction, characterized by a slope close to 1 (1.001 ± 0.178), a negligible intercept (−0.002 ± 0.455) and a high degree of correlation (R2 = 0.955). From an environmental point of view, the application of a dynamic (space/time) determination of CAE increases the accuracy of the aerosol heating rate (compared to applying a fixed C value) up to 16 % solely in Milan, and to 114 % when applied in the Arctic at 80°N.
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- Gosch, M., et al.
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Parallel dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy using diffractive optical elements
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of Biomedical Optics. - : SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng. - 1083-3668 .- 1560-2281. ; 10:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Dual-color cross-correlation spectroscopy allows the detection and quantification of labeled biomolecules at ultra-low concentrations, whereby the sensitivity of the assay correlates with the measurement time. We now describe a parallel multifocal dual-color spectroscopic configuration employing multiple avalanche photodiodes and hardware correlators. Cross-correlation curves are obtained from several dual-color excitation foci simultaneously. Multifocal dual-color excitation is achieved by splitting each of two laser beams (488 and 633 nm) into four sub-beams with the help of two 2 X 2 fan-out diffractive optical elements (DOES), and subsequent superposition of the two sets of four foci. The fluorescence emission from double-labeled biomolecules is detected by two 2 x 2 fiber arrays.
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