Evidence for resonance optical trapping of individual fluorophore-labeled antibodies using single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 May 3;128(17):5711-7. doi: 10.1021/ja056997t.

Abstract

We report single molecule fluorescence studies of the diffusion of individual multiple fluorophore-labeled antibodies in solution, which show that a trapping potential of about 3.6 k(B)T can be obtained at laser powers below 1 mW with resonant excitation. Individual antibodies can be trapped for up to 140 ms, and bound antibodies can also be used to trap a single virion for up to 1 s. Selective resonance trapping to sort and manipulate fluorophore-labeled biomolecules and complexes may be possible.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies / chemistry*
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods*

Substances

  • Antibodies