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Spontaneous Emission of Singlet Oxygen Near Dielectric Nano-objects and Radiative Diagnostics of Bio-Objects

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We investigate modifications of a spontaneous emission rate near the surface of the hemoglobin-like dielectric structure in the long-wavelength limit. We demonstrate that notwithstanding the small size of the dielectric structure, an influence of its shape cannot be neglected. Even for moderate dielectric contrasts one can expect having significant and detectable enhancement or suppression of the spontaneous emission rate near the surface of the biological macromolecule.

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  1. Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, 09210-170, Brazil

    D. Mogilevtsev

  2. Institute of Physics, Belarus National Academy of Sciences, F.Skarina Ave. 68, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    D. Mogilevtsev, A. Maloshtan, S. V. Lepeshkevich & B. M. Dzhagarov

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Mogilevtsev, D., Maloshtan, A., Lepeshkevich, S.V. et al. Spontaneous Emission of Singlet Oxygen Near Dielectric Nano-objects and Radiative Diagnostics of Bio-Objects. J Fluoresc 22, 1415–1419 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-012-1104-7

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