Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym11071206
Keywords
FRET; time-resolved photoluminescence; two-step FRET; potassium ion detection
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- Pusan National University
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We recently implemented highly sensitive detection systems for photo-sensitizing potassium ions (K+) based on two-step Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET). As a successive study for quantitative understanding of energy transfer processes in terms of the exciton population, we investigated the fluorescence decay dynamics in conjugated polymers and an aptamer-based 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-FAM)/6-carboxytetramethylrhodamine (TAMRA) complex. In the presence of K+ ions, the Guanine-rich aptamer enabled efficient two-step resonance energy transfer from conjugated polymers to dyed pairs of 6-FAM and TAMRA through the G-quadruplex phase. Although the fluorescence decay time of TAMRA barely changed, the fluorescence intensity was significantly increased. We also found that 6-FAM showed a decreased exciton population due the compensation of energy transfer to TAMRA by FRET from conjugated polymers, but a fluorescence quenching also occurred concomitantly. Consequently, the fluorescence intensity of TAMRA showed a 4-fold enhancement, where the initial transfer efficiency (similar to 300%) rapidly saturated within similar to 0.5 ns and the plateau of transfer efficiency (similar to 230%) remained afterward.
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