Fluorescence Brightness, Photostability and Energy Transfer Enhancement of Immobilized Single Molecules in Zero-Mode Waveguides Nanoapertures

Satyajit Patra, Jean-Benoît Claude, Jérôme Wenger

Zero-mode waveguide (ZMW) nanoapertures are widely used to monitor single molecules beyond the range accessible to normal microscopes. However, several aspects of the ZMW influence…