Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Materials Characterization

Dear Colleagues,

Materials welcomes submissions to a Special Issue on Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Materials Characterization. The objective of this Special Issue is to spotlight all fields of single-molecule fluorescence optics, fluorescence molecule spectroscopy and super resolution fluorescence imaging, ranging from fundamental physics and technical and methodological questions, to their applications in chemical, biological and biomedical research, as well as in medical diagnostics.

In our Special Issue, we wish to provide authors a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of information on new technological developments, advanced applications, and fundamental questions in the field. We are soliciting invited and contributed papers concerning, but not limited to, the following areas: time-resolved methods of fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging which allow for investigations of not only the structural properties, but also the functions of molecular processes, down to the single molecule level. Therefore, we encourage submissions of works related also to fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), advanced single-molecule techniques such as fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), and fluorescence coincidence analysis or single-molecule burst analysis, which are also favorite subjects of this conference. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) analysis, in particular, frequently benefits from conjunction with these time-resolved methods, and this issue would be very useful for discussions on their applications at the molecular level. Another topic of particular interest is the employment of the single-molecule nature of fluorescence excitation and emission to achieve sub-diffraction super-resolution in fluorescence microscopy. This has resulted in new microscopy modalities, such as stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, single molecule localization microscopy (PALM, STORM, (d)STORM, GSD-IM), stochastic optical fluctuation microscopy (SOFI), or structured illumination microscopy (SIM) and imaging scanning microscopy (ISM) techniques.

Contributions are welcome in the form of original scientific manuscripts, reviews or perspectives, in all the above, relevant areas, but especially:

• Techniques and methods for single molecule (SM) detection;
• Techniques and methods for SM spectroscopy (such as FCS, FLCS, FLIM, FRET);
• Techniques and methods for fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) with one, two, or three photon excitations;
• Techniques for single molecule manipulation;
• Super-resolution fluorescence imaging (STED, PALM, (d)STORM, GSD-IM, SOFI, SIM and related techniques);
• Advanced fluorescence imaging, including (time-resolved) two- and three-photon fluorescence microscopy or (time-resolved) Raman spectroscopy;
• Medical applications of fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging;
• Ultrasensitive biomedical diagnostics.

All submissions will be peer reviewed. Submissions should follow the Materials author guidelines and fall within the broader Materials scope. A cover letter indicating that the submission is intended for this special issue should be included.

Prof. Dr. Dror Fixler
Guest Editor

Dr. Ulugbek Saidvaliev
Guest Editor Assistant

Manuscript Submission Information

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• fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM)
• fluorescence microscopy
• förster resonance energy transfer
• FLIM analysis
• fluorescence bioimaging
• super-resolution fluorescence imaging
• fluorescence coincidence analysis
• single molecule spectroscopy