Ebook: Single Molecule Spectroscopy: Nobel Conference Lectures

This book surveys recent advances related to the application of single molecule techniques in various fields of science. The topics, each described by leading experts in the field, range from single molecule experiments in quantum optics and solid-state physics to analogous investigations in physical chemistry and biophysics. A unifying theme of all chapters is the power of single molecule techniques to unravel fluctuations and heterogeneities usually hidden in the ensemble average of complex systems. The concept for the book originated from a gathering of some of the world's leading scientists at the Nobel Conference in Sweden.

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This book surveys recent advances related to the application of single molecule techniques in various fields of science. The topics, each described by leading experts in the field, range from single molecule experiments in quantum optics and solid-state physics to analogous investigations in physical chemistry and biophysics. A unifying theme of all chapters is the power of single molecule techniques to unravel fluctuations and heterogeneities usually hidden in the ensemble average of complex systems. The concept for the book originated from a gathering of some of the world's leading scientists at the Nobel Conference in Sweden.

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This book surveys recent advances related to the application of single molecule techniques in various fields of science. The topics, each described by leading experts in the field, range from single molecule experiments in quantum optics and solid-state physics to analogous investigations in physical chemistry and biophysics. A unifying theme of all chapters is the power of single molecule techniques to unravel fluctuations and heterogeneities usually hidden in the ensemble average of complex systems. The concept for the book originated from a gathering of some of the world's leading scientists at the Nobel Conference in Sweden.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
History of Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Small Neutral Particles, Atoms, and Molecules....Pages 1-31
Thirteen Years of Single-Molecule Spectroscopy in Physical Chemistry and Biophysics....Pages 32-61
The Electronic Structure of Single Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes....Pages 62-81
Single-Molecule Optical Switching: A Mechanistic Study of Nonphotochemical Hole-Burning....Pages 82-98
Triggered Emission of Single Photons by a Single Molecule....Pages 99-113
Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers Unmasked by Single Molecule Spectroscopy....Pages 114-129
Confining and Probing Single Molecules in Synthetic Liposomes....Pages 130-143
Single Molecule Detection Using Near Infrared Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering....Pages 144-160
Single-Molecule Fluorescence — Each Photon Counts....Pages 161-176
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Single-Molecule Analysis: Enzymatic Catalysis at the Single Molecule Level....Pages 177-194
The Characterization of a Transmembrane Receptor Protein by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy....Pages 195-210
Applications of Dual-Color Confocal Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Biotechnology....Pages 211-226
Single-Molecule Enzymology....Pages 227-240
Single-Molecule Enzymology....Pages 241-256
The Energy Landscape....Pages 257-276
Coherent Intramolecular Dynamics in Small Enzyme Populations....Pages 277-292
Single-Molecule Dynamics in Biosystems....Pages 293-312
Single-Molecule Dynamics Associated with Protein Folding and Deformations of Light-Harvesting Complexes....Pages 313-325
The Study of Single Biomolecules with Fluorescence Methods....Pages 326-337
Studying the Green Fluorescent Protein with Single-Molecule Spectroscopy....Pages 338-352
Back Matter....Pages 353-355

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This book surveys recent advances related to the application of single molecule techniques in various fields of science. The topics, each described by leading experts in the field, range from single molecule experiments in quantum optics and solid-state physics to analogous investigations in physical chemistry and biophysics. A unifying theme of all chapters is the power of single molecule techniques to unravel fluctuations and heterogeneities usually hidden in the ensemble average of complex systems. The concept for the book originated from a gathering of some of the world's leading scientists at the Nobel Conference in Sweden.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
History of Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Small Neutral Particles, Atoms, and Molecules....Pages 1-31
Thirteen Years of Single-Molecule Spectroscopy in Physical Chemistry and Biophysics....Pages 32-61
The Electronic Structure of Single Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes....Pages 62-81
Single-Molecule Optical Switching: A Mechanistic Study of Nonphotochemical Hole-Burning....Pages 82-98
Triggered Emission of Single Photons by a Single Molecule....Pages 99-113
Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers Unmasked by Single Molecule Spectroscopy....Pages 114-129
Confining and Probing Single Molecules in Synthetic Liposomes....Pages 130-143
Single Molecule Detection Using Near Infrared Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering....Pages 144-160
Single-Molecule Fluorescence — Each Photon Counts....Pages 161-176
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Single-Molecule Analysis: Enzymatic Catalysis at the Single Molecule Level....Pages 177-194
The Characterization of a Transmembrane Receptor Protein by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy....Pages 195-210
Applications of Dual-Color Confocal Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Biotechnology....Pages 211-226
Single-Molecule Enzymology....Pages 227-240
Single-Molecule Enzymology....Pages 241-256
The Energy Landscape....Pages 257-276
Coherent Intramolecular Dynamics in Small Enzyme Populations....Pages 277-292
Single-Molecule Dynamics in Biosystems....Pages 293-312
Single-Molecule Dynamics Associated with Protein Folding and Deformations of Light-Harvesting Complexes....Pages 313-325
The Study of Single Biomolecules with Fluorescence Methods....Pages 326-337
Studying the Green Fluorescent Protein with Single-Molecule Spectroscopy....Pages 338-352
Back Matter....Pages 353-355
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