Indeed, we are looking of a PhD student at the interface between chemistry, biophysics and biology to work on light induced LLPS. join us at @iecb.bsky.social in Bordeaux !
Happy to share our latest preprint rb.gy/py8q7a in which we demonstrate that ultrashort carbon nanotubes have astonishing brightness in the SWIR which propels them as amazing probes for bio-imaging in brain tissue (here in 3D SPT experiments). Yes, brighter than quantum dots and in the SWIR!
Combining brightness and nanoscale size of short-wave infrared (SWIR) emitters is equally essential in the fields of bioimaging, photonics, and quantum science, but such nano-emitters are still lackin...
My colleagues Nicolas Martin (CRPP) and @fichoulab.bsky.social (CBMN) have an open PhD position in Bordeaux !
Light and Liquid Liquid Phase Separation
@bxfrontiers.bsky.social
Yann Fichou
JCB
An additional small clarification: these ultra-short nanotubes are competitive with quantum dots by being quite brighter, and, above all, by emitting in the NIRII / SWIR range. A crucial asset for bioimaging and NIR photon sources!
A milestone I had been chasing for a long time.
The key idea: using carbon nanotubes as perfect tunable 1D dipoles at the single-particle level, together with a dipole spread function engineering approach.
Great collaboration with Jana Zaumseil, Ben Flavel, Sophie Brasselet, and Laurent Groc
