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Fluorimetry in the Strong-Coupling Regime: From a Fundamental Perspective to Engineering New Tools for Tracing and Marking Materials and Objects

Mohamed Hatifi, Dimitrije Mara, Bojana Bokic, Rik Van Deun, Brian Stout, Emmanuel Lassalle, Branko Kolaric, Thomas Durt

Applied Sciences· Volume 12· Issue 18
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Abstract

Under exceptional circumstances, light and molecules bond together, creating new hybrid light–matter states with far-reaching consequences for these strongly coupled entities. The present article describes the quantum-mechanical foundation of strong-coupling and experimental evidence for molding the radiation properties of nanoprobes by strong-coupling. When applied to tracing and marking, the new fluorometry technique proposed here, which harnesses strong-coupling, has a triple advantage compared to its classical counterparts such as DNA tracing. It is fast, and its signal-to-noise ratio can be improved by spectral filtering; moreover, it reveals a specific quantum signature of the strong-coupling, which is extremely difficult to reproduce classically, thereby opening the door to new anti-counterfeiting strategies.
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Nanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications · Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research · Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

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Affiliations

Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, 13013 Marseille, France

Quantum Dynamics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

Institute of General and Physical Chemistry, Studentski trg 12/V, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia

Center for Photonics, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia

L3—Luminescent Lanthanide Lab, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore 138634, Singapore

Micro- and Nanophotonic Materials Group, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium

Funding

NATO SPS (NATO Science for Peace and Security) · Office of Naval Research Global · John Templeton foundation

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