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Light amplification and lasing from dyes doped in DNA-complex thin films prepared by soaking method
Author(s): Yutaka Kawabe; Takemasa Suzuki; You Iisaka
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Paper Abstract

An alternative fabrication method for dye-doped DNA-surfactant complex films was developed and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and lasing under low energy optical pumping were demonstrated. In this new preparation technique, thin DNA-cethyltrimethylammonium (CTMA) complex films made by a spin coating method were stained with a hemicyanine dye by soaking them in acetone solution of the dye for one day. Molar ratio of the dye to DNA base pair for the final products was estimated to be 0.2, the value was much higher than those achieved via usual mixing method. ASE threshold value under pumping of a pulsed frequency-doubled YAG laser was about 0.3 mJ/cm2. Laser emission was also attained under the excitation with two interfering beams forming a dynamic grating of gain coefficient. Durability test indicated that 70% of their initial performance was maintained after 1 hour of continuous pumping. The technique was applied to water soluble dyes because the DNA complex was insoluble to water as well as acetone. We employed anionic Eosin Y dye, succeeding in sample formation and ASE emission. Different types of surfactants were also complexed with DNA, showing variation of emission peak wavelength. These results give a clue about the structure of the complex or interaction modes between DNA and surfactants, strongly suggesting that dye molecules are not intercalated into nor bound to DNA double strand directly, but are incorporated in the complex system via ion-exchange process or aggregating with cationic surfactants.

Paper Details

Date Published: 27 August 2014
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 9171, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications VII, 91710G (27 August 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2060951
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Yutaka Kawabe, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan)
Takemasa Suzuki, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan)
You Iisaka, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9171:
Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications VII
Norihisa Kobayashi; Fahima Ouchen; Ileana Rau, Editor(s)

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