Processing 15-nm Nanodiamonds Containing Nitrogen-vacancy Centres for Single-molecule FRET
Jana M. Say A B , Carlo Bradac A , Torsten Gaebel A , James R. Rabeau A and Louise J. Brown B C
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A ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
B Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: louise.brown@mq.edu.au
Australian Journal of Chemistry 65(5) 496-503 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH12103
Submitted: 16 February 2012 Accepted: 23 March 2012 Published: 18 May 2012
Abstract
Colour centres in nanodiamonds have many properties such as chemical and physical stability, biocompatibility, straightforward surface functionalisation as well as bright and stable photoluminescence, which make them attractive for biological applications. Here we examine the use of fluorescent nanodiamonds containing a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre, as an alternative nano-label over conventional fluorophores. We describe a series of chemical treatments and air oxidation to reliably produce small (~15 nm) oxidised nanodiamonds suitable for applications in bioscience. We use Förster resonance energy transfer to measure the coupling efficiency from a single NV centre in a selected nanodiamond to an IRDye 800CW dye molecule absorbed onto the surface. Our single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer analysis, based on fluorescence lifetime measurements, locates the position of the photostable NV centre deep within the core of the nanodiamond.
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