Photothermal motion: effect of low-intensity irradiation on the thermal motion of organic nanoparticles

• DOI: 10.1039/d2nr01041k
• Publication Date: 2022-04-21T09:01:02Z
• Authors: Moreno Guernelli; Evangelos Bakalis; Alexandra Mavridi...; Vasilis Petropoulos; Giulio Cerullo; Francesco Zerbetto; Marco Montalti
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; low-intensity irradiation, thermal motion, organic nanoparticles

The thermal motion of fluorescent organic nanoparticles is affected by the excitation intensity even at a low irradiance regime. The displacement of an individual nanoparticle increases linearly with irradiation intensity (Photothermal Motion).