1. Fractal Silver Structures for Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence: Applications for Ultra-Bright Surface Assays and Lab-on-a-Chip-Based Nanotechnologies

   • Chris D. Geddes
   • Alexandr Parfenov
   • Joseph R. Lakowicz

   News Pages: 119 - 122

2. Fluorometric Determination of 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine with 2-Cyanoacetamide

   • Yang Liu
   • Jinghe Yang
   • Lei Li

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 128

3. Movement of Polymer Segments by Exciplex Emission of Pyrene and N,N-Dimethylaniline at the Polymer–Silica Interface

   • Yuko Hayashi
   • Kunihiro Ichimura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 137

4. Spectroscopic Properties and Conformational Features of Short Linear Peptides in Solution: A Fluorescence and Molecular Mechanics Investigation

   • B. Pispisa
   • C. Mazzuca
   • M. Wakselman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 147

5. Fluorescent Characteristics of Blood Leukocytes of Patients with Malignant and Nonmalignant Diseases

   • R. Brüvere
   • N. Gabruševa
   • I. Meirovics

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 156

6. Crystal Structure and Excimer Fluorescence of Some Benzoylacetonatoboron Difluorides: Stacking Factor

   • A. G. Mirochnik
   • B. V. Bukvetskii
   • V. E. Karasev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 162

7. Red-Emitting Ru(II) Metal–Ligand Complexes

   • Y. Shen
   • B. P. Maliwal
   • J. R. Lakowicz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 168

8. Charged Porphyrin – dopa Melanin Interaction at Varied pH: Fluorescence Lifetime and Photothermal Studies

   • Danuta Wróbel
   • Izabela Hanyż

   OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 177

9. Time-Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy Measurements Made Simple

   • Peter Kapusta
   • Rainer Erdmann
   • Michael Wahl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 183

10. Practical Use of Corrected Fluorescence Excitation and Emission Spectra of Fluorescent Proteins in Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Studies

    • Mark A. Hink
    • Nina V. Visser
    • Antonie J. W. G. Visser

    Note Pages: 185 - 188

11. Workshop: “Bioanalytical and Biomedical Applications of Fluorescence Techniques: Instrument Characterization and Validation, Traceability and Need for Reference Materials”

    Announcement Pages: 189 - 189

12. Eighth Conference on Methods and Applications of Fluorescence: Spectroscopy, Imaging, and Probes Prague, Czech Republic August 24–27, 2003

    Announcement Pages: 191 - 191

13. The New Society of Fluorescence

    Announcement Pages: 193 - 193

14. Technical and Design Notes

    • Chris D. Geddes

    Announcement Pages: 195 - 195

15. Topical News Articles

    • Chris D. Geddes

    Announcement Pages: 197 - 197