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Nanoscale Photonics

From single molecule nanofluidics to light-matter interaction in nanostructures

dc.contributor.advisorEnderlein, Jörg Prof. Dr.
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Siddharth
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-14T08:45:17Z
dc.date.available2017-08-14T08:45:17Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-14
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0023-3ED4-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.53846/goediss-6398
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.53846/goediss-6398
dc.language.isoengde
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc571.4de
dc.titleNanoscale Photonicsde
dc.title.alternativeFrom single molecule nanofluidics to light-matter interaction in nanostructuresde
dc.typedoctoralThesisde
dc.contributor.refereeEnderlein, Jörg Prof. Dr.
dc.date.examination2016-08-15
dc.description.abstractengDetecting single nanometre scale objects and studying them in a controlled manner in solution is still a difficult task due to diffusion. We demonstrate one-dimensional nanofluidic flows of single molecules by confining diffusion in two spatial dimensions. A high-throughput nanofabrication process was developed using electron-beam lithography, reactive ion etching, and shadow-angle- electron-beam deposition to prepare the required nanofluidic devices. We used the device to detect single organic dye molecules, nanodots, and small DNA molecules using two-foci fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Fluorescence is frequently exploited in single molecule detection. In this thesis, a non-toxic fluorescent nanomaterial called carbon nanodots (CNDs) is studied using a fluorescence and elec- tron correlative microscopy approach. We find that CNDs are single photon emitters in the visible range. A strong electron-phonon coupling is observed in their photoluminescence. The light- matter interaction at atomic scale of CNDs is not well understood. We study the optical behaviour of CNDs using a time-dependent density-functional tight binding method. A type of CND studied in this thesis is graphene quantum dots. Their optical behaviour is strongly dependent on the edge properties, functional groups, and the total number of atoms. We envision that single molecule nanofluidics will impact the biomedical research and diagnos- tics by enabling the study of protein-protein interactions and detecting single molecule level onset of any disease. The CNDs studied here have already been used in super-resolution microscopy with potential to replace the toxic quantum dots for labelling. Our theoretical findings on CNDs answer towards their optical and electronic properties. These are useful for the development of single photon quantum detectors and optoelectronic devices. Overall, the results presented here should have applications in biomedical sciences, optoelectronics, and quantum information tech- nologies.de
dc.contributor.coRefereeWalla, Peter Jomo Prof. Dr.
dc.subject.engSingle moleculede
dc.subject.engnanofluidicsde
dc.subject.engfluorescencede
dc.subject.engspectroscopyde
dc.subject.enggraphenede
dc.subject.engcarbon nanodotsde
dc.subject.englight-matter interactionsde
dc.subject.engnanophotonicsde
dc.subject.engnanoscale photonicsde
dc.subject.engDFTBde
dc.subject.engTime-dependent density functional theoryde
dc.subject.engnanofabricationsde
dc.subject.engtwo-foci fluorescence correlation spectroscopyde
dc.subject.eng2f-FCSde
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:gbv:7-11858/00-1735-0000-0023-3ED4-2-7
dc.affiliation.instituteGöttinger Graduiertenschule für Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und molekulare Biowissenschaften (GGNB)de
dc.subject.gokfullBiologie (PPN619462639)de
dc.identifier.ppn895547082


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