We describe a method based on a caged fluorescent molecule that can act as a chemical two-photon probe. It is composed of an organic fluorophore and a ruthenium-bipyridine complex that acts as a photoremovable quencher. ...

Two-photon polymerization has emerged as a powerful tool to design complex three-dimensional microstructures for applications ranging from biology to nanophotonics. To broaden the application spectrum of such microstructures, ...

The aim of this chapter is to introduce an experimental approach that allows visualization of temperature-dependent lipid phase equilibria at the level of single vesicles, using two-photon fluorescence microscopy. Various ...

Frequency upconversion (UC) processes involving energy transfer (ET) among Nd 3+ and Pr 3+ ions in a fluoroindate glass are reported. In a first experiment, the excitation of Pr 3+ [transition 3H 4→ 1D 2] and of Nd 3+ ...

Fabrication of microstructures containing active compounds, such as fluorescent dyes and nanoparticles have been exploited in the last few years, aiming at applications from photonics to biology. Here we fabricate, using ...