Single molecule correlation spectroscopy in continuous flow mixers with zero-mode waveguides

Opt Express. 2008 Jul 7;16(14):10077-90. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.010077.

Abstract

Zero-Mode Waveguides were first introduced for Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy at micromolar dye concentrations. We show that combining zero-mode waveguides with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy in a continuous flow mixer avoids the compression of the FCS signal due to fluid transport at channel velocities up to approximately 17 mm/s. We derive an analytic scaling relationship [equation: see text] converting this flow velocity insensitivity to improved kinetic rate certainty in time-resolved mixing experiments. Thus zero-mode waveguides make FCS suitable for direct kinetics measurements in rapid continuous flow.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Fluorescent Dyes / pharmacology
  • Kinetics
  • Light
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Photons
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / instrumentation*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes