Research Topics and Techniques

 

Research Topics:

• Superresolved fluorescence microscopy in microgel systems
• Diffusional changes and evolving heterogeneities in single molecule mobility during polymerization and their influence on polymerization kinetics
• Single molecule dynamics in thin polymer films in vicinity of the glass transition temperature
• Photocleavable energy transfer dyads for single molecule microscopy with improved resolution
• Fluorescence labeling and diffusional studies of anisotropic nanoparticles
  
  

Techniques:

• Single molecule fluorescence microscopy at room and elevated temperatures
• (Dual foci) Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, FCS / 2fFCS
• Multiconfocal Spinning Disk Microscopy
• Fluorescence anisotropy spectroscopy
• Raman spectroscopy and microscopy
  
  

Observations:

• Translational and rotational motion of single molecules
• Changes in fluorescence and Raman spectra
• Single molecule FRET efficiencies