Ultra-bright emission from hexagonal boron nitride defects as a new platform for bio-imaging and bio-labelling

Christopher Elbadawi; Trong Toan Tran; Olga Shimoni; Daniel Totonjian; Charlene J. Lobo; Gabriele Grosso; Hyowan Moon; Dirk R. Englund; Michael J. Ford; Igor Aharonovich; Milos Toth

doi:10.1117/12.2242988

9 December 2016 Ultra-bright emission from hexagonal boron nitride defects as a new platform for bio-imaging and bio-labelling

Christopher Elbadawi, Trong Toan Tran, Olga Shimoni, Daniel Totonjian, Charlene J. Lobo, Gabriele Grosso, Hyowan Moon, Dirk R. Englund, Michael J. Ford, Igor Aharonovich, Milos Toth

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Proceedings Volume 10013, SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia; 1001314 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2242988
Event: SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia, 2016, Adelaide, Australia

Abstract

Bio-imaging requires robust ultra-bright probes without causing any toxicity to the cellular environment, maintain their stability and are chemically inert. In this work we present hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanoflakes which exhibit narrowband ultra-bright single photon emitters1. The emitters are optically stable at room temperature and under ambient environment. hBN has also been noted to be noncytotoxic and seen significant advances in functionalization with biomolecules2,3. We further demonstrate two methods of engineering this new range of extremely robust multicolour emitters across the visible and near infrared spectral ranges for large scale sensing and biolabeling applications.

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Christopher Elbadawi, Trong Toan Tran, Olga Shimoni, Daniel Totonjian, Charlene J. Lobo, Gabriele Grosso, Hyowan Moon, Dirk R. Englund, Michael J. Ford, Igor Aharonovich, and Milos Toth "Ultra-bright emission from hexagonal boron nitride defects as a new platform for bio-imaging and bio-labelling", Proc. SPIE 10013, SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia, 1001314 (9 December 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2242988

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