An introduction to fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

by Wohland, Thorsten

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Title Statements

Full title :An introduction to fluorescence correlation spectroscopy / Thorsten Wohland, Sudipta Maiti, Radek Macháň.

Summary

An Introduction to Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy represents a comprehensive introduction to fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), a biophysical experimental technique increasingly used to study and quantify molecular mobility, concentrations and interactions in vitro, as well as in living cells and multicellular organisms. Students and researchers who are new to FCS can use the book as the first introduction to the technique, while those who are already using FCS regularly in their research may find it useful to deepen their understanding of the technique, its possibilities, limitations, potential pitfalls, and ways to avoid them. This book introduces the reader to all aspects of FCS needed for practical usage of the technique in their research. In the beginning the concept of fluorescence intensity fluctuations and their auto- and cross-correlation functions are explained to give readers an understanding of the underlying principles. This is followed by an overview of instrumental FCS setups and various ways of data collection and processing, the derivations of theoretical models relating the experimentally obtained correlation functions to the underlying molecular processes, and the description of the fitting of experimental data with those models. Mathematically more involved portions are separated from the rest of the text and can be easily skipped by readers more interested in the conceptual and practical aspects of FCS. The book contains interactive graphics and is accompanied by an interactive computable document file allowing the reader to test the dependence of FCS results on a variety of experimental parameters, and to gain practical insights into FCS data fitting. Part of Biophysical Society-IOP series.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):IOP Publishing
Place of Publication:Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK)
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020

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"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso

Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 4, 2020).

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (1 PDF (various pagings)) : : illustrations (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:075032080X, 9780750320795, 0750320796, 9780750320801
DOI:10.1088/978-0-7503-2080-1
oclc:on1225536261
LC Classification:QD96.F56
Dewey Decimal:543/.08584

1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is fluorescence correlation spectroscopy all about? -- 1.2. What do 'fluorescence', 'correlation' and 'spectroscopy' have to do with measuring change? -- 1.3. What can FCS do for you? -- 1.4. What does an FCS measurement involve? -- 1.5. A brief history of FCS -- 1.6. Critical technical steps of the revolution -- 1.7. Where is FCS now?

2. Correlation functions -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Fluctuations -- 2.3. Correlations -- 2.4. From correlation coefficient to correlation function -- 2.5. The autocorrelation function (ACF) and its properties -- 2.6. The cross-correlation function (CCF) and its properties -- 2.7. Fluctuations and correlations -- 2.8. Synopsis -- 2.9. Exercises

3. Fluorescence excitation and detection -- 3.1. The probe volume in FCS -- 3.2. Photon detection -- 3.3. Exercises

4. Data structure, correlation and processing -- 4.1. Software correlators -- 4.2. Hardware correlators and their comparison with software correlators -- 4.3. Temporal resolution of correlation functions -- 4.4. Statistical filtering in correlation function calculation -- 4.5. Synopsis -- 4.6. Exercises

5. Theoretical FCS models -- 5.1. The autocorrelation funct…