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Hi Jason,

Can you elaborate on your statement:

" we know that the presence of certain anti-oxidants and reductants can mediate the effect"

Which chemicals work well?

Best,

Neil


> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:15:10 -0500
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> ** Vendor Response **
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> Hi, Shigeo, this is a known phenomenon.  Photoamplification of Qdot nanocrystals is often seen.  The rate and extent of it differs depending on the mountant or buffer, differs between Qdots, and even seems to differ somewhat lot-to-lot.  The exact mechanism isn't known, to my knowledge, but we know that the presence of certain anti-oxidants and reductants can mediate the effect, and undoubtedly is the result of interaction of the Qdot shell and coatings with the external environment.  
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> Qmount is a solvent-based, hardening mounting medium developed specially for Qdots and holds the intensity steady at 100%, without any significant photobleaching or photoamplification, due to proprietary components in the mountant and the fact that it cures very hard.
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> Dear all,
> 
> My colleague measured the emission of qdot655 with the same excitation 
> sequentially.
> 
> He noticed that the emission of qdot was enhanced after applying the 
> higher excitation light.
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> Anybody knows about this phenomenon and mechanism? 
> 
> Any feedback on or off-list would be much appreciated. 
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> Sincerely,
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> Shigeo Watanabe
> Application scienctist
> Hamamatsu Photonics KK