Publications

2024

«Unveiling the high quantum efficiency of single Silicon-Vacancy centers through dielectric tuning of their local environment» 
Malo Bézard, Y. Mindarava, R. Blinder, J.-B. Trebbia, P. Tamarat, F. Jelezko and B. Lounis,
AVS Quantum Sci 6, 031401 (2024).

 

«Giant Quantum Electrodynamic Effects on Single SiV Color Centers in Nanosized Diamonds» 
Malo Bézard, Antton Babaze, Yuliya Mindarava, Rémi Blinder, Valery Aleksandrovich Davydov, Viatcheslav Agafonov, Ruben Esteban, Philippe Tamarat, Javier Aizpurua, Fedor Jelezko, and Brahim Lounis
ACS Nano 2024, 18, 6406-6412(2024)

 

«Tailoring the statistics of light emitted from two interacting quantum emitters» 
Adrián Juan-Delgado, Ruben Esteban, Álvaro Nodar, Jean-Baptiste Trebbia, Brahim Lounis, and Javier Aizpurua
Phys. Rev. Research 6, 023207 (2024)

 

2023

«Sub nanosecond coherent optical manipulation of a single aromatic molecule at cryogenic temperature» 
Q. Deplano, P. Tamarat, B. Lounis and J.-B. Trebbia,
AVS Quantum Sci. 5, 041402 (2023)

 

«Revealing the Band-Edge Exciton Fine Structure of Single InP Nanocrystals» 
E. Prin, C. Xia, Y.-H. Won, E. Jang, S. V. Goupalov, P. Tamarat, and B. Lounis,
Nano Lett., 23, 13, 6067–6072 (2023), 23, 13, 6067–6072 (2023)

 

«High-resolution optical imaging of single magnetic flux quanta with a solid immersion lens» 
S. Thakur, P. Tamarat, A. Rochet, J. Birk, I. S. Veshchunov, M.Bezard, A. I. Buzdin, J.-B. Trebbia, and B. Lounis,
Opt. Express 31, 24194-24202 (2023)

 

"Universal scaling laws for charge-carrier interactions with quantum confinement in lead-halide perovskites"
P. Tamarat, E. Prin, Y. Berezovska, A. Moskalenko, T. P. T. Nguyen, C. Xia, L. Hou, J.-B. Trebbia, M. Zacharias, L. Pedesseau, C. Katan, M. I. Bodnarchuk, M. V. Kovalenko, J. Even, and B. Lounis,
Nature Communications 14, 229 (2023).

2022

«Tailoring the superradiant and subradiant nature of two coherently coupled quantum emitters. » 
J.B. Trebbia, Q. Deplano, P. Tamarat, and B. Lounis
Nat Commun 13, 2962 (2022) 13, 2962 (2022)

 

«All-optical generation of Abrikosov vortices by the inverse Faraday effect» 
V.D. Plastovets, I.D. Tokman, B. Lounis, A.S. Melnickov, A.I Buzdin
Physical Review B 106, (2022).

 

«Toward the Light-Operated Superconducting Devices: Circularly Polarized Radiation Manipulates the Current-Carrying States in Superconducting Rings. » 
M. D. Croitoru, S. V. Mironov, B. Lounis, B, A.I. Buzdin
Advanced Quantum Technologies 5, (2022).

 

«Single-walled carbon nanotube reptation dynamics in submicron sized pores from randomly packed mono-sized colloids » 
Z. Tang, S. L. Eichmann, B. Lounis, L. Cognet, F. C. MacKintosh, and M. Pasquali,
Soft Matter 18, 5509 (2022).

 

«Influence of a nonuniform thermal quench and circular polarized radiation on spontaneous current generation in superconducting rings«
M. D. Croitoru, B. Lounis, and A. I. Buzdin,
Physical Review B 105, (2022).

 

 

2021

 

« Revealing the exciton fine structure in lead halide perovskite nanocrystals. » 
Lei Hou, Philippe Tamarat, and Brahim Lounis
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(4), 1058

 

 « Inverse Faraday Effect for Superconducting Condensates » 
S.V. Mironov, A.S. Mel’nikov, I.D. Tokman, V. Vadimov, B. Lounis, A.I. Buzdin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 137002 (2021)

 

 « Tailoring the degree of entanglement of two coherently coupled quantum emitters » 
J.-B. Trebbia, Q. Deplano, P. Tamarat and B. Lounis
arXiv:2109.10584 (2021)

 

 « Unraveling the Emission Pathways in Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dots. » 
C. Xia, P. Tamarat, L. Hou, S. Busatto, J.D. Meeldijk, C. de Mello Donega and B. Lounis
ACS Nano 15, 17573–17581 (2021)

2020

« Memories in the photoluminescence intermittency of single cesium lead bromide nanocrystals. » 
Lei Hou, Chen Zhao, Xi Yuan, Jialong Zhao, Franziska Krieg, Philippe Tamarat, Maksym V Kovalenko, Chunlei Guo and Brahim Lounis
Nanoscale 12 (12), 6795-6802 (2020)

 

« Two-level system as topological actuator for nanomechanical modes. » 
C. Dutreix, R. Avriller, B. Lounis, and F. Pistolesi
Phys. Rev. Research 2, 023268 (2020)

 

« Nonlinear optics of optomagnetics: Quantum and classical treatments. » 
A. Hamed Majedi and Brahim Lounis
Phys. Rev. B 102, 214401 (2020)

 

« The dark exciton ground state promotes photon-pair emission in individual perovskite nanocrystals. » 
Philippe Tamarat, Lei Hou, Jean-Baptiste Trebbia, Abhishek Swarnkar, Louis Biadala, Yann Louyer, Maryna I. Bodnarchuk, Maksym V. Kovalenko, Jacky Even and Brahim Lounis
Nature Communications volume 11, 6001 (2020)

 

« On-Demand Optical Generation of Single Flux Quanta. » 
Antonine Rochet, Vasiliy Vadimov, William Magrini, Siddharatha Thakur, Jean-Baptiste Trebbia, Alexander Melnikov, Alexander Buzdin, Philippe Tamarat, and Brahim Lounis
Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 9, 6488–6493 (2020)

 

2019

« 3D optical nanoscopy with excited state saturation at liquid helium temperatures. » 
 J.-B. Trebbia, R. Baby, P. Tamarat, and B. Lounis 
 
« Spectroscopic signatures of spin-orbit coupling and free excitons in individual suspended carbon nanotubes. » 
M. Gandil, K. Matsuda, B. Lounis and P. Tamarat
 
« The ground exciton state of formamidinium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals is a singlet dark state. » 
P. Tamarat, M. I. Bodnarchuk, J.-B. Trebbia, J. Even, M. V. Kovalenko and B. Lounis 
 
« In-situ creation and control of Josephson junctions with a laser beam  » 
W. Magrini, S. V. Mironov, A. Rochet, P. Tamarat, A. I. Buzdin, and B. Lounis 
 
« Self-Interference (SELFI) Microscopy for Live Super-Resolution Imaging and Single Particle Tracking in 3D » 
J. Linares-Loyez, J.S. Ferreira, O. Rossier, B. Lounis, G. Giannone, L. Groc , L. Cognet, P. Bon 

2018

« Unraveling exciton-phonon coupling in individual FAPbI3 nanocrystals emitting near-infrared single photons » 
M. Fu, Ph. Tamarat, J.-B. Trebbia, M. I. Bodnarchuk, M. V. Kovalenko, J. even and B. Lounis
 
« Chemical Cutting of Perovskite Nanowires into Single-Photon Emissive Low-aspect Ratio CsPbX3 (X= Cl, Br & I) Nanorods» 

L. Polavarapu, Y. Tong, M. Fu, E. Bladt, H. Huang, A. Richter, K. Wang, P. Muller-Buschbaum, S. Bals, Ph. Tamarat, B. Lounis and J. Feldmann
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 16094

 
« Ultrashort Carbon Nanotubes That Fluoresce Brightly in the Near-Infrared » 
N. Danné, M. Kim, A. G. Godin, H. Kwon, Z. Gao, X. Wu, N. F. Hartmann, S. K. Doorn, B. Lounis, YH Wang and L. Cognet
 
« Self-interference 3D super-resolution microscopy for deep tissue investigations » 
P. Bon, J. Linares-Loyez, M. Feyeux, K. Alessandri, B. Lounis, P. Nassoy and L. Cognet
 
« Comparative Analysis of Photoluminescence and Upconversion Emission from Individual Carbon Nanotubes for Bioimaging Applications » 
N. Danné, A. G. Godin, Z. Gao, J. A. Varela, L. Groc, B. Lounis and L. Cognet

2017

« Anomalous Josephson effect controlled by an Abrikosov vortex » 
S. V. Mironov, E. Goldobin, D. Koelle, R. Kleiner, P. Tamarat, B. Lounis and A. I. Buzdin
 
« Evaluation of Different Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Surface Coatings for Single-Particle Tracking Applications in Biological Environments »

Z. Gao, N. Danné, A. G. Godin, B. Lounis and L. Cognet
Nanomaterials 7(11) (2017) 393

 
« A solid state source of photon triplets based on quantum dot molecules »

M. Khoshnegar, T.  Huber, A. Predojevic, D.  Dalacu, M. Prilmuller, J. Lapointe, X.H.  Wu, P. Tamarat, B. Lounis, P. Poole, G. Weihs and H. Majedi
Nature communications 8 (2017) 15716

 
« Neutral and Charged Exciton Fine Structure in Single Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Revealed by Magneto-optical Spectroscopy »
M. Fu, Ph. Tamarat, H. Huang, J. even, A. I. Rogach and B. Lounis
 
« Direct visualization of carbon nanotube degradation in primary cells by photothermal imaging »
J. Russier, L. Oudjedi, M. Piponnier, C. Bussy, M. Prato, K. Kostarelos, B. Lounis, A. Bianco and L. Cognet
 
« Single-nanotube tracking reveals the nanoscale organization of the extracellular space in the live brain »
A. G. Godin, J. A. Varela, Z. Gao, N. Danné, J. P. Dupuis, B. Lounis, L. Groc and L. Cognet
Nat. Nanotechnol. 12 (2017) 238-243
Highlighted in Science Editors' choice
 
« Small gold nanorods with tunable absorption for photothermal microscopy in cells »
E. S. Shibu, N. Varkentina, L. Cognet and B. Lounis
Adv. Sci. 4 (2017) 1600280​
 

2016

« Optical Manipulation of Single Flux Quanta » 
Ivan S. Veshchunov, William Magrini,  Sergei V Mironov, Antoine G Godin, Jean-Baptiste Trebbia, Alexandre I. Buzdin, Philippe Tamarat and Brahim Lounis
« Carrier Multiplication in a Single Semiconductor Nanocrystal »
F. Hu, B. Lv, C. Yin, C. Zhang, X. Wang, B. Lounis and M. Xiao
 
« Targeting neurotransmitter receptors with nanoparticles in vivo allows single molecule tracking in acute brain slices »
J. A. Varela, J. P. Dupuis, L. Etchepare, A. Espana, L. Cognet and L. Groc
 
« The effects of electronic impurities and electron-hole recombination dynamics on large-grain organic-inorganic perovskite photovoltaic efficiencies »
J-C. Blancon, W. Nie, A.J. Neukirch, G. Gupta, S. Tretiak, L. Cognet, A. D. Mohite and J.J. Crochet 
Adv. Mat 26 (2016) 4283-4292
 
« Innovative molecular-based fluorescent nanoparticles for multicolor single particle tracking in cells »
J. Daniel, A. G. Godin, M. Palayret, B. Lounis, L. Cognet and M. Blanchard-Desce
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 (2016) 084002

« Toward the Suppression of Cellular Toxicity from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes  »
Z. Gao, J.A. Varela, L. Groc, B. Lounis and L. Cognet
Biomater. Sci. 4 (2016) 230-244 

2015

« Polarization Effects in Lattice-STED Microscopy » 
B. Yang, F. Chia-Yi, H.-C. Chang, F .Treussart, J.-B. Trebbia and B. Lounis
Faraday Discussions  184 (2015) 37-49
 
 
« The 2015 Super-Resolution Microscopy Roadmap »
S. W. Hell, S.J. Sahl, M. Bates,  X. Zhuang, R. Heintzmann, M.J Booth, J. Bewersdorf, G. Shtengel, H. Hess, P. Tinnefeld, A. Honigmann, S. Jakobs, I. Testa, L. Cognet, B. Lounis, H. Ewers, S.J. Davis, C. Eggeling, D. Klenerman, K.I. Willig, G. Vicidomini, M. Castello, A. Diaspro, T. Cordes
J. App. Phys. D 48 (2015) 443001

« Optical detection of individual ultra-short carbon nanotubes enables their length characterization down to 10 nm »
Z. Gao, L. Oudjedi, R. Faes, F. Moroté, C. Jaillet, P. Poulin, B. Lounis, and L. Cognet
Sci. Rep. 5 (2015) 17093


« Single molecule imaging in live cell using gold nanoparticles »
C. Leduc, S. Si, J. Gautier, Z. Gao, E. S. Shibu, A. Gautreau, G. Giannone, L. Cognet and B. Lounis
Methods in Cell Biology 125 (2015) 13-25


« Optical Nanoscopy with Excited State Saturation at Liquid Helium Temperatures »
Bin Yang, Jean-Baptiste Trebbia, Reenu Baby, Philippe Tamarat and Brahim Lounis
Nature Photonics 9 (2015) 658-662

« Direct Evidence of Flexomagnetoelectric Effect Revealed by Single Molecule Spectroscopy »
Ivan S Veshchunov, Sergei V Mironov, William Magrini, Vasili S Stolyarov, AN Rossolenko, VA Skidanov, J-B Trebbia, Alexandre I Buzdin, Ph Tamarat, Brahim Lounis
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115 (2015) 027601
 

2014

« Tailoring the Exciton Fine Structure of Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals with Shape Anisotropy and Magnetic Field »
Chiara Sinito, Mark J. Fernée, Serguei V. Goupalov, Paul Mulvaney, Philippe Tamarat and Brahim Lounis
ACS Nano, 8 (2014) 11651-11656

« Nonlinear Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes with Localized Exciton States »
M. Iwamura, N. Akizuki, Y. Miyauchi, S. Mouri, J. Shaver, Z. Gao, L. Cognet, B. Lounis, and K. Matsuda
ACS Nano, 8 (2014) 11254-11260

« Super-resolution Microscopy Approaches for Live Cell Imaging »
A. Godin, B. Lounis, L. Cognet
Biophys. J., 107 (2014) 1777-1784

« State selective pumping reveals spin-relaxation pathways in CdSe quantum dots »
Mark J. Fernée; Chiara Sinito; Philippe Tamarat; Brahim Lounis
Nano Lett., 2014, 14 (8), pp 4480–4485

« The optical phonon spectrum of CdSe colloidal quantum dots »
Mark J. Fernée, Chiara Sinito, Paul Mulvaney, Philippe Tamarat and Brahim Lounis
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014,16, 16957-16961

« Large parallelization of STED nanoscopy using optical lattices »
Bin Yang, Frédéric Przybilla, Michael Mestre, Jean-Baptiste Trebbia and Brahim Lounis
Optics Express, 2014, 22 (5), pp. 5581-5589

« Advances in live-cell single-particle tracking and dynamic super-resolution imaging »
L. Cognet, C. Leduc andd B. Lounis
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology20 (2014) 78-85

« Photothermal microscopy: optical detection of small absorbers in scattering environments »
P. Vermeulen, L. Cognet, B. Lounis
J. Microscopy 254, 3 (2014) 115

« Hyper-bright Near-Infrared Emitting Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles for Single Particle Tracking »
E. Genin, Z. Gao, J. A. Varela, J. Daniel, T. Bsaibess, I. Gosse, L. Groc, L. Cognet, M. Blanchard-Desce
Adv. Mat 26 (2014) 2258-2261

« Tracking receptors using individual fluorescent and nonfluorescent nanolabels »
Laurent Cognet, Brahim Lounis, Daniel Choquet
Cold Spring Harbor protocols , 2014, 2(207)

« Spectroscopy of single nanocrystals »
M. J. Fernée, Ph. Tamarat and B. Lounis
Chem. Soc. Rev. 43, 4 (2014) 1311

2013

« The ultimate limit to the emission linewidth of single nanocrystals » 
M. J. Fernée, Ch. Sinito, Y. Louyer, Ph. Tamarat and B. Lounis
 
« Identification and super-resolution imaging of ligand-activated receptor dimers in live cells  » 
P. Winckler, L. Lartigues, G.Gianonne, F. De Giorgi, F. Ichas, J-B. Sibarita, B. Lounis and L. Cognet 
 
«  A Metrological investigation of the (6, 5) carbon nanotube absorption cross section » 
 L. Oudjedi, A.N.G. Parra-Vasquez, A. G.  Godin L. Cognet, and B. Lounis
 
« Bi exciton, single carrier and trion generation dynamics in single walled carbon nanotubes » 
B. Yuma, S. Berciaud, J. Besbas, J. Shaver, S. Santos, G. Ghosh, RB Weisman, L. Cognet, M. Gallart, M. Ziegler, B. Hönerlage. B. Lounis and P. Gilliot
 
« A highly specific gold nanoprobe for live-cell single-molecule imaging. » 
C. Leduc, S. Si, J. Gautier, M.  Soto-Ribeiro, B. Wehrle-Haller, A. Gautreau, G. Giannone, L. Cognet, and B. Lounis

«  Cryogenic Single Nanocrystal Spectroscopy: Reading the Spectral Fingerprint of Individual CdSe Quantum Dots. »
M. J. Fernée, Ph. Tamarat & B. Lounis
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 4(2013)609-618

 
« Single Molecule Detection of Nanomechanical motion. »
V. Puller, B. Lounis & F. Pistolesi
Phys. Rev. Lett.  110 (2013) 125501
 
 
 « Mechanism of Electrolyte-Induced Brightening in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Disorder. »
J.G. Duque, L. Oudjedi, J. J. Crochet, , S. Tretiak, B. Lounis, S.K Doorn and L. Cognet
 
« High content Super-Resolution Imaging of Live Cell by uPAINT. »
G. Giannone, E. Hosy, JB. Sibarita, D. Choquet and L. Cognet
 

2012

«  Magneto-optical properties of trions in non-blinking charged nanocrystals reveal an acoustic phonon bottleneck. »   
M. J. Fernée, Ch. Sinito, Y. Louyer, Ch. Potzner, T.-L. Nguyen, P. Mulvaney, Ph. Tamarat & B. Lounis 
Nature communications 3 (2012) 1287

 
«  Comment on "Spin-Flip Limited Exciton Dephasing in CdSe/ZnS Colloidal Quantum Dots. »   
M. J. Fernée,  Y. Louyer, Ph. Tamarat & B. Lounis
 
« Integrins β1 and β3 exhibit distinct dynamic nanoscale organizations inside focal adhesions. »

O. Rossier, V. Octeau, J.B.  Sibarita, C. Leduc, B. Tessier, D. Nair,  V. Gatterdam, O. Destaing, C. Albigès-Rizo, R. Tampé, L. Cognet, D. Choquet, B. Lounis  & G. Giannone
Nature Cell Biology 14 (2012) 1057-1067

« Spontaneous Spectral Diffusion in CdSe Quantum Dots. »
M. J. Fernée, T. Plakhotnik, Y. Louyer, B. N. Littleton, C. Potzner, Ph. Tamarat, P. Mulvaney & B. Lounis
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 12(2012) 1716-1720

 
« Transport of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 in the Pericellular Matrix Is Controlled by the Spatial Distribution of Its Binding Sites in Heparan Sulfate. »
L. Dushesne, V. Octeau, R. N. Bearon, A. Beckett, I. A. Prior, B. Lounis & D. J. Fernig
 
 
« Disorder Limited Exciton Transport in Colloidal Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes.»
 J. J. Crochet, J.G. Duque, J.R. Werner, B. Lounis, L. Cognet and S.K Doorn
 Nano Letters 12, 10 (2012) 5091
 
 
« Nanoscale Thermotropic Phase Transitions Enhancing Photothermal Microscopy Signals. »
 A.N.G. Parra-Vasquez, L. Oudjedi, L. Cognet and B. Lounis
 J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 10 (2012) 1400, 
Featured article
 
 
« Luminescence Properties of Individual Empty and Water-Filled Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. »
 S. Cambré, S.Santos, W. Wenseleers, R.T. Nugraha, R. Saito, L. Cognet and B. Lounis
ACS Nano 6, 3, (2012) 2649

« Short Gold Nanorod Growth Revisited: The Critical Role of the Bromide Counterion. »   
S. Si, C. Leduc, M.-H. Delville and B. Lounis
ChemPhysChem 13,  1 (2012) 193-202

2011

« All-optical trion generation in single walled carbon nanotubes. »
S.Santos, B. Yuma, S. Berciaud, J. Shaver, M. Gallart, P. Gilliot, L. Cognet and B. Lounis
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (2011) 187401
 
« Efficient biexcition emission in elongated CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals. »
Y. Louyer, L. Biadala, J.-B. Trebbia, M.J Fernée, P. Tamarat and B. Lounis
 
« A New Route to Fluorescent SWNT/Silica Nanocomposites: Balancing Fluorescence Intensity and Environmental Sensitivity. »
J.G. Duque, G. Gupta, L. Cognet, B. Lounis, S.K. Doorn, and A.M Dattelbaum
 
« Quantum yield optimized fluorophores for site-specific labeling and super-resolution imaging. »
C. Grunwald, K. Schulze, G. Giannone, L. Cognet, B. Lounis, D. Choquet, R. Tampé
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2011), 133, 21, 8090–8093
 
« Direct Investigation of Intracellular Presence of Gold Nanoparticles via Photothermal Heterodyne Imaging. »
C. Leduc, J.M. Jung, R.R. Carney, F. Stellacci and B. Lounis
  
« Tracking receptors using Individual fluorescent and non fluorescent nano labels. »
L. Cognet, B. Lounis, D. Choquet
(Yuste R, F. Helmchen and Konnerth A, eds.) Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press : Cold Spring Harbor, NY, chap. 1. 2011 

2010

« Brownian Motion of Stiff Filaments in a Crowded Environment.»
N. Fakhri, FC. MacKintosh, B. Lounis, L. Cognet L, M. Pasquali,
Science 330, (2010), 1804-1807
 
« Indistinguishable near-infrared single photons from an individual organic molecule . »
J.-B. Trebbia, Ph. Tamarat and B. Lounis

Phys. Rev. A. , 82 (2010) 063803

« Band-edge exciton fine structure of single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals under external magnetic fields. »
L. Biadala, Y. Louyer, Ph. Tamarat and B. Lounis

Phys. Rev. Lett. , 105 (2010) 157402

 
« Collective behavior of antagonistically acting kinesin-1 motors. »
C. Leduc, N. Pavin, F. Jülicher, S. Diez

Phys. Rev. Lett. , 105 (2010) 128103

 
« Dynamic super-resolution imaging of endogenous proteins on living cells at ultra-high density. »
G. Giannone, E. Hosy, F. Levet, A. Constals, K. Schulze, A.I. Sobolevsky, M.P. Rosconi, E. Gouaux, R. Tampé, D. Choquet and L. Cognet

Biophys. J., 99 , 4 (2010) 1303-1310, Featured Article

 
« Studying kinesin motors by optical 3D-nanometry in gliding motility assays. »
B. Nitzsche, V. Bormuth, C. Bräuer, J. Howard, L. Ionov, J. Kerssemakers, T. Korten, C. Leduc, F. Ruhnow, S. Diez

Methods Cell Biol, 95 (2010) 247-271

 
« Mechanism of membrane nanotube formation by molecular motors. »
C. Leduc, O. Campàs, JF Joanny, J. Prost, P. Bassereau

Biochim Biophys Acta. , 17987 (2010) 1418-1426

 
« Mono- and Biexponential Luminescence Decays of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. »
T. Gokus, L. Cognet, J. G. Duque, M. Pasquali, A. Hartschuh and B. Lounis

J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 33 (2010) 14025

 
« Spectroscopy of neutral and charged exciton states in single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals. »
Y. Louyer, L. Biadala, Ph. Tamarat and B. Lounis

Appl. Phys. Lett. , 96 (2010) 203111

 
« Diameter-Dependent Solubility of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. »
J.G. Duque, A.N.G. Parra-Vasquez, N. Behabtu, M.J. Green, A.L. Higginbotham, B.K. Price, A.D. Leonard, H.K. Schmidt, B. Lounis, J.M. Tour, S.K. Doorn, L. Cognet and M. Pasquali

ACS Nano, 4 , 6 (2010) 3063–3072

2009

« Efficient generation of near infra-red single photons from the zero-phonon line of a single molecule. »
J.-B. Trebbia, H. Ruf, Ph. Tamarat, and B. Lounis

Optics Express, 17 , 26 (2009) 23986–23991

 
« Cathepsin L Digestion of Nanobioconjugates upon Endocytosis. »
V. See, P. Free, Y. Cesbron, P. Nativo, U. Shaheen, D.J. Rigden, D.G. Spiller, D.G. Fernig, M.R.H. White, I.A. Prior, M. Brust, B. Lounis and R. Lévy

ACS Nano, 3, 9 (2009) 2461-2468

 
« Kinesin-8 Motors Act Cooperatively to Mediate Length-Dependent Microtubule Depolymerization . »
V. Varga, C. Leduc, V. Bormuth, S. Diez and J. Howard

Cell, 138 , 6 (2009) 1174

 
« Environmental and Synthesis Dependent Luminescence Properties of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. »
J. Duque, M. Pasquali, L. Cognet, B. Lounis

ACS Nano, 3, 8 (2009) 2153-2156

 
« Diameter-dependent bending dynamics of single-walled carbon nanotubes in liquids. »
N. Fakhri, D.A. Tsyboulski, L. Cognet, R.B Weisman, M. Pasquali

PNAS, 106 (34), (2009) 14219-14223

 
« Direct observation of the two lowest energy exciton states in single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals. »
L. Biadala, Y. Louyer, Ph. Tamarat, B. Lounis

Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 037404 (2009)

 
« Endocytic Trafficking and Recycling Maintain a Pool of Mobile Surface AMPA Receptors Required for Synaptic Potentiation. »
E.M. Petrini, J. Lu, L. Cognet, B. Lounis, M. D. Ehlers, and D. Choquet

Neuron, 63, 1 (2009) 92-105

 
« In vivo therapeutic silencing of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) using single-walled carbon nanotubes noncovalently coated with siRNA. »
G. Bartholomeusz, P. Cherukuri, J. Kingston, L. Cognet, R. Lemos Jr., T. K. Leeuw, L. Gumbiner-Russo, R. B. Weisman, and G. Powis

Nano Res., 2, (2009) 279-291

 
« Photothermal Absorption Correlation Spectroscopy (PhACS). »
V. Octeau, L. Cognet, L. Duschene, D. Lasne, N. Schaeffer, D.G. Fernig and B. Lounis

ACS Nano, 3 (2009) 345-350

 
« The excitatory post-synaptic density is a size exclusion diffusive environment. »
M.L Renner, L. Cognet, B. Lounis, A. Triller & D. Choquet
 

2008

« Luminescence Decay and the Absorption Cross Section of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. »
S. Berciaud, L. Cognet and B. Lounis

Phys. Rev. Lett., 101 (2008) 077402

 
« Velocity profiles of water flowing past solid glass surfaces using fluorescent nanoparticles and molecules as velocity probes. »
D. Lasne, A. Maali, Y. Amarouchene, L. Cognet, B. Lounis, and H. Kellay
  
« Surface mobility of postsynaptic AMPARs tunes synaptic transmission. »
M. Heine, L. Groc, R. Frischknecht, JC. Béïque, B. Lounis, G. Rumbaugh, RL. Huganir, L. Cognet, D. Choquet
 
 
« Probing the Dynamics of Protein-Protein Interactions at Neuronal Contacts by Optical Imaging. »
O. Thoumine, H. Ewers, M. Heine, L. Groc, R. Frischknecht, G. Giannone, C. Poujol, P. Legros, B. Lounis, L. Cognet, D. Choquet.
 
« Ultra-sensitive detection of individual gold nanoparticles : spectroscopy and applications to biology. »
L. Cognet , B. Lounis

Gold Bull., 41, (2008) 139-146

 
« Photothermal Methods for Single Nonluminescent Nano-Objects »
L. Cognet, S. Berciaud, D. Lasne & B. Lounis
Feature article, From the cover
 
« Sub-diffraction Far-field Imaging of Luminescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes »
L. Cognet, D. Tsyboulski, and R.B. Weisman
 
« Stable Luminescence from Individual Carbon Nanotubes in Acidic, Basic and Biological Environments »
J.G. Duque, L. Cognet, A.N.G. Parra-Vasquez, N. Nicholas, H.K. Schmidt and M. Pasquali

 

« A robust single-molecule approach for counting autofluorescent proteins »
L. Cognet, C. Tardin, M-L. Martin Négrier, C. Breillat, F. Coussen, D. Choquet, B. Lounis
 
« Drag Enhancement with Polymers »
JN. François, D. Lasne, Y. Amarouchene, B. Lounis, and H. Kellay
 

2007

« Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Thermal Destruction of Cancer Cells Using Carbon Nanotubes »
C.J. Gannon, P. Cherukuri, B.I. Yakobson, L. Cognet, C. Kittrell, M. Pasquali, R.B. Weisman, J.S. Kanzius, R.E. Smalley, H.K. Schmidt, S.A. Curley
 
« Surface Trafficking of Neurotransmitter Receptor : Comparison between Single Molecule/Quantum dot Strategies »
L. Groc, M. Lafourcade, M.Heine, M. Renner, V. Racine, J.-B. Sibarita, B. Lounis, D. Choquet & L. Cognet
 
« Label-free optical imaging of mitochondria in live cells »
D. Lasne, G.A. Blab, Francesca De Giorgi, François Ichas, B. Lounis & L. Cognet
 
« Structure-Dependent Fluorescence Efficiencies of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes »
D. Tsyboulski, JD. Rocha, S.M. Bachilo, L. Cognet and RB. Weisman
 
« Stepwise Quenching of Exciton Fluorescence in Carbon Nanotubes by Single-Molecule Reactions »
L. Cognet, D. A. Tsyboulski, J-D. R. Rocha, C.D. Doyle, J.M. Tour, R.B. Weisman
 
« Single molecule spectroscopy as a possible tool to study the electric field in superconductors. »
M. Fauré, B. Lounis and A. Buzdin
« Laser induced resonance shifts of single molecules self-coupled by a metallic surface. »
O. Labeau, P. Tamarat, H. Courtois, GS. Agarwal, & B. Lounis.
« Absorption Spectroscopy of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. »
S. Berciaud, L. Cognet, P. Poulin, R. B. Weisman & B. Lounis
 

2006

« NMDA receptor surface mobility depends on NR2A-2B subunits. »
L. Groc, M. Heine, S.L. Cousins, F. A. Stephenson, B. Lounis, L. Cognet, and D. Choquet

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 49 (2006) 18769-74

«Single Nanoparticle Photothermal Tracking (SNaPT) of 5 nm gold beads in live cells. »
D. Lasne, G.A. Blab, S. Berciaud, M. Heine, L. Groc, D. Choquet, L. Cognet & B. Lounis

Biophys. J, 91 (2006) 4598-4604

« Absorption and Scattering Microscopy of Single Metal Nanoparticles. »
M.A. van Dijk, A.L. Tchebotareva, M. Orrit, M. Lippitz, S. Berciaud, D. Lasne, L. Cognet & B. Lounis
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 8, 30, (2006) 3486-95

 
« High resolution resonant photoluminescence excitation of CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals at low temperatures. »
O. Labeau, P. Tamarat, & B. Lounis

 Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, (2006) 223110.Selected by the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (June 12, 2006 issue)

 
« Multiple Routes for Glutamate Receptor Trafficking : Surface Diffusion and Membrane Traffic Cooperate to Bring Receptors to Synapses. »
L. Cognet, L. Groc, B. Lounis & D. Choquet
 
« Absorption spectroscopy of individual nano-objects and improved readout of DNA microarrays using photothermal detection. »
S. Berciaud, L. Cognet, G.A. Blab, D. Lasne, J. Remacle, P. Tamarat, and B. Lounis

 Proc. SPIE 6092 (2006) Editors : J. Enderlein, Z.K. Gryczynski,

 
« Single molecule, CdSe/ZnS quantum dots and gold nanoparticle tracking in live neurons. »
D. Lasne, L. Cognet, S. Berciaud, G. A. Blab, L. Groc, M.Heine, D. Choquet and B. Lounis

Proc. SPIE 6096 ,(2006) Editors : M. Osinski, K. Yamamoto, T.M. Jovin

 
« Photothermal heterodyne imaging of individual metallic nanoparticles : Theory versus experiment. »
S. Berciaud, D. Lasne, G.A. Blab, L. Cognet & B. Lounis

 Phys.Rev. B 73 (2006) 045424

 
« Optical readout of gold nanoparticles-based DNA microarrays without silver enhancement. »
G.A. Blab, L. Cognet, S. Berciaud, I. Alexandre, D. Husar, J. Remacle & B. Lounis

2005

« Photothermal Absorption Spectroscopy of Individual Semiconductor Nanocrystals. »

S. Berciaud, L. Cognet and B. Lounis
Nano Letters 5, 11 (2005) 2160-2163

« Imagerie d’objets individuels en biologie cellulaire. »
 L. Cognet

Lasers et Technologies Femtosecondes, (Sentis M, Uteza O, et Mottin S, eds.) 2005 Publications de l’Université de Saint-Etienne. chap 22, p429-441

« Single Molecule Detection : Unravelling surface receptors diffusion in live neurons. »
 L. Groc, D. Choquet, B. Lounis & L. Cognet
 The Biochemist, 27, 5 (2005) 5-8.
 
« Optical detection and spectroscopy of single metal nanoparticles. »
S. Berciaud, D. Lasne, G. A. Blab, Ph. Tamarat, L. Cognet, B. Lounis
Proc. SPIE, 5927 (2005) 291-303.
 
 « Imagerie optique d’agrégats métalliques individuels : spectroscopie et applications aux nano-biotechnologies. »
 L. Cognet, S. Berciaud, P. Tamarat & B. Lounis
Bulletin de la SFP 148 (2005) 10-11.
 
« Fluorescent silver oligomeric clusters and colloidal particles. »
M. Treguer, F. Rocco, G. Lelong , A. Le Nestour, T. Cardinal, A. Maali and B. Lounis
Solid State Sciences, 7 (2005), 812-818
 
« Single-Photon Sources. »
 
« Observation of intrinsic size effects in the optical response of individual gold nanoparticles »

S. Berciaud, L. Cognet, P. Tamarat & B. Lounis
Nano Letters 5, 3 (2005) 515-518

« Tracking receptors by optical imaging single molecules »
L. Cognet, B. Lounis, D. Choquet
In, Imaging in Neuroscience and Development : A Laboratory Manual, (Yuste R and Konnerth A, eds.) 2005 Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press : Cold Spring Harbor, NY, chap. 66, p521.

2004

« Photothermal heterodyne imaging of individual nonfluorescent nanoclusters and nanocrystals »
 S. Berciaud, L. Cognet, G. Blab & B. Lounis
 
 « Emergence d’une nanobiologie : détection et manipulation de biomolécules individuelles »
C. Tardin, L. Cognet, D. Choquet & B. Lounis
Photoniques, 14, (2004) p 25-27 in French (dossier spécial Biophotonique)
 
« Differential activity-dependent regulation of the lateral mobilities of AMPA and NMDA receptors »
L. Groc, M. Heine, L. Cognet, K. Brickley, FA Stephenson, B. Lounis & D. Choquet
Nature Neuroscience 7, 7 (2004) 695-6
 
« Single-molecule imaging of lipid-anchored proteins reveals domains in the cytoplasmic leaflet of the cell membrane »
P.H.M. Lommerse, G.A. Blab, L. Cognet, G.S. Harms, B.E. Snaar-Jagalska, H.P. Spaink & T. Schmidt
Biophys J. 86, (2004) 609-616

2003

EMBO Journal, 22, 18 (2003) 4656-4665
C. Tardin, L. Cognet, C. Bats, B. Lounis & D. Choquet
« Direct imaging of lateral movements of AMPA receptors inside synapses »
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, (2003) 11350-11355
L. Cognet, C. Tardin, D. Boyer, D. Choquet, P. Tamarat & B. Lounis
« Single metallic nanoparticle imaging for protein detection in cells »
Phys. Rev. Lett., 90 (2003) 257404
O. Labeau, P. Tamarat & B. Lounis,
 “Temperature dependence of single CdSe/ZnS quantum dots luminescence lifetime”
Proc. SPIE 4962 (2003) 121-125
D. Boyer, P. Tamarat, L. Cognet, M. Orrit & B. Lounis
 “Imaging single metal nanoparticles in cells by photothermal interference contrast”

2002

« Fluorescence microscopy of single autofluorescent proteins for cellular biology »
L. Cognet, F. Coussen, D. Choquet and B. Lounis
(invited review in the special issue “Single molecule biophysics”)
 
« Photothermal imaging of nanometer-sized metal particles amoung scatterers »
D. Boyer, P. Tamarat, A. Maali, M. Orrit & B. Lounis,

2001

« Photophysics of DsRed, a Red Fluorescent Protein, from the ensemble to the single molecule level. »
B. Lounis, J. Deich, F. Rosell, S. Boxer & W.E. Moerner
 
« Autofluorescent Proteins in Single-Molecule Research : Applications to Live Cell Imaging Microscopy. »
G.S. Harms, L. Cognet, G.A. Blab, P.H.M. Lommerse, H.P. Spaink and Th.Schmidt
 
« Single-Molecule Imaging of L-type Ca2+ Channels in Live Cells. »
G.S. Harms, L. Cognet, G.A. Blab, P.H.M. Lommerse, H. Kahr, R. Gamsjäger, H.P. Spaink, N.M. Soldatov, C. Romanin and Th.Schmidt,
 
« Two-Photon Excitation Action Cross-Sections of the Autofluorescent Proteins. »
G.A. Blab, P.H.M. Lommerse, L. Cognet, G.S. Harms and Th. Schmidt,
 
« Spectroscopy of Single Molecules in Solid matrices at Cryogenic Temperatures. »
Ph. Tamarat, F. Jelezko, B. Lounis & M. Orrit
 in Shpol’skii Spectroscopy and Other Site Selection Methods : Environmental, Bioanalytical and Chemical Applications, John Wiley & Sons, New York (2001).
 
« Single Molecule Spectroscopy. »
Eds R. Rigler, M. Orrit & T. Basché
 
« Triggered Emission of Single Photons by a Single Molecule. »
Ch. Brunel, Ph. Tamarat, B. Lounis & M. Orrit
 

« Fenêtre spectrale sur le monde moléculaire. »
Ph. Tamarat, A. Maali, L. Cognet, B. Lounis & M. Orrit
Pour la Science décembre 2001, numéro spécial Nanosciences, p. 120

 

2000

« Zero-field splitting of the triplet ground and excited states of 7H-benz(de)anthracen-7-ylidene in n-hexane at 1.7 K. A hole-burning study. »
 Kozankiewicz, M. Aloshyna, A. Sienkiewicz, M. Orrit, Ph. Tamarat, C. M. Hadad, J. R. Snoonian, and M. S. Platz
 
« A hole-burning study of the zero-field splitting of the triplet ground and excited states of 2,2-dinaphthylcarbene in n-heptane and n-hexane at 1.7 K. »
 B. Kozankiewicz, M. Aloshyna, M. Orrit, Ph. Tamarat, A. D. Gudmunsdottir, and M. S. Platz
 
« Ten Years of Single-Molecule Spectroscopy. »
Ph. Tamarat, A. Maali, B. Lounis & M. Orrit
 
« Single photons on Demand from a Single Molecule at Room Temperature. »
B. Lounis & W.E. Moerner,
 
« Photon Antibunching in Single Quantum Dot Fluorescence. »
B. Lounis, H.A. Bechtel, D. Gerion, P. Alivisatos & W.E. Moerner
Chem. Phys. Lett. 329 (2000) 399
 
« Simultaneous ’dual-color and dual-polarization’ imaging of single molecules. »
L.Cognet, G.S. Harms, G.A. Blab, P.H.M. Lommerse and Th.Schmidt

1999

« Driving the Bloch vector of a single molecule : towards a triggered single photon source »
Ch. Brunel, Ph. Tamarat, B. Lounis, J. Plantard & M. Orrit
 
« Stark Effect on Single Molecules in crystalline and Shpolski matrices »
Ch. Brunel, Ph. Tamarat, B. Lounis, J. Woehl and M. Orrit
 
« Nonlinear Optical Response of Single Molecules »
Ph. Tamarat, F. Jelezko, Ch. Brunel, A. Maali, B. Lounis & M. Orrit
 
« Is the standard two-level system model of glasses at low temperatures consistent with the spectral trails of single molecules ? »
A.-M. Boiron, Ph. Tamarat, B. Lounis, R. Brown & M. Orrit
 
« Triggered Source of Single Photons Based on Controlled Single Molecule Fluorescence »
Ch. Brunel, B. Lounis, Ph. Tamarat & M. Orrit
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 (1999) 2722
 
« Spectroscopic Characteristics of Single Dibenzanthanthrene Molecules Isolated in a Low Temperature Naphtalene Matrix »
F. Jelezko, I. M. Gulis, B. Lounis, M. Orrit
 

« Zero-field splitting of the electronic ground and lowest excited triplet states of 2,2-dinaphthylcarbene in n-hexane at 1.7K »
B. Kozankiewicz, M. Aloshyna, A. D. Gudmunsdottir, M. S. Platz, M. Orrit and Ph. Tamarat
J. Phys. Chem. A 103 (1999) 3155-3162.

1998

« Perylene in Biphenyl and Anthracene Crystals : An Example of the Influence of the Host on Single-Molecule Signals »
 P.J. Walla, F. Jelezko, Ph. Tamarat, B. Lounis and M. Orrit
 

« Rabi Resonances of a Single Molecule driven by RF and Laser Fields »
Ch Brunel, B. Lounis, Ph. Tamarat and M. Orrit
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 (1998) 2679