A digital fluorescent molecular photoswitch

On/off blinking and switching behaviour of single molecules of green fluorescent protein

Robert M. Dickson, A B Cubitt, Roger Y. Tsien et al. · Nature · 1997 · 1.3K citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +14

Reversible Surface Morphology Changes of a Photochromic Diarylethene Single Crystal by Photoirradiation

Masahiro Irie, Seiya Kobatake, M. Horichi · Science · 2001 · 603 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +16

Probing Individual Molecules with Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

Shuming Nie, Daniel T. Chiu, Richard N. Zare · Science · 1994 · 548 citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physics +17

Thermally irreversible photochromic systems. Reversible photocyclization of 1,2-bis (2-methylbenzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)perfluorocyclocoalkene derivatives

Ritsuo Sumiya, Yukio Horikawa, Masahiro Irie · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1992 · 348 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +9

Single-molecule spectral fluctuations at room temperature

H. Peter Lu, Xiaohui Xie · Nature · 1997 · 342 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +14