Three-dimensional orientational colocalization of individual donor–acceptor pairs
- 15 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 120 (23) , 10867-10870
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1760492
Abstract
We report on the determination of the three-dimensional orientation of the donor and acceptor transition dipoles in individual fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) pairs by means of scanning optical microscopy with annular illumination. Knowledge of the mutual orientation of the donor and acceptor dipole is mandatory for reliable distance determination based on FRET efficiency measurements. In our model system perylenediimide as the donor and terryelenediimide as the acceptor are coupled via a stiff p-terphenyl linker. The absorption dipoles of the donor and acceptor are selectively addressed by the 488 nm and 647 line of an Ar/Kr mixed gas laser, respectively. A clear deviation from collinearity is observed with a distribution of misalignment angles peaked around 22 degrees.Keywords
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