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Important and emerging trends at the interface of luminescence, nucleic acids and nanotechnology are: (i) the conventional luminescence labeling of nucleic acid nanostructures (e.g. DNA tetrahedron); (ii) the labeling of bulk nucleic acids (e.g. single-stranded DNA, double-stranded DNA) with nanostructured luminescent labels (e.g. copper nanoclusters); and (iii) the labeling of nucleic acid nanostructures (e.g. origami DNA) with nanostructured luminescent labels (e.g. silver nanoclusters). This review surveys recent advances in these three different approaches to the generation of nanostructured luminescently labeled nucleic acids, and includes both direct and indirect labeling methods.

Commercial chemiluminescent reagents emit across a broad portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (400–500 nm). A challenge to the use of chemiluminescence to monitor biological processes is the presence of interfering substances in the biological optical window. In the present study, longer wavelength emitting fluorophores (the organic dyes Alexa 568 and Alexa 647), and a semiconductor nanoparticle (QDOT800) were used to red-shift the emission from commercially available 1,2-dioxetane-based chemiluminescent substrate reactions. By adding non-conjugated fluorescent emitters into chemiluminescent reaction mixtures, an emission peak occurred at the predicted wavelength of the fluorescent emitter. The excitation and emission from QDOT800 was preserved in the presence of a 100 µm-thick glass barrier separating it from the chemiluminescent reaction components. The maximum tissue phantom penetration by QDOT800 emission was 8.5 mm; in comparison, the native chemiluminescent emission at 500 nm was unable to penetrate the thinnest tissue phantom of 2.5 mm. The described method for red-shifted emissions from chemiluminescent reactions does not require direct interaction between the chemiluminescent reaction and the fluorescent emitters. This suggests that the mechanism of chemiluminescent excitation of fluorophores and QDOT800 is not exclusive to chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer or sensitized chemiluminescence, but rather by broad energization from the native chemiluminescent emission. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Luminescence continues to provide comprehensive literature surveys which will be published in most issues. These are a continuation of the literature surveys begun in 1986 in the Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence which, up until 1998, encompassed more than 6000 references cited by year or specialized topic. With this newly named journal these searches are expanding to reflect the journal's wider scope. In future we will cover all fundamental and applied aspects of biological and chemical luminescence and include not only bioluminescence and chemiluminescence but also fluorescence, time resolved fluorescence, electrochemiluminescence, phosphorescence, sonoluminescence, lyoluminescence and triboluminescence. The compilers would be pleased to receive any comments from the readership. Contact by e-mail: L.J. Kricka: larry_kricka@path1a.med.upenn.edu or P.E. Stanley: Stanley@LUMIWEB.COM Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The journal provides comprehensive literature searches on all aspects of luminescence which will be published in most issues. These lists have been produced regularly since 1986 and in excess of 5500 references have been cited—some by year and some by specialized topic. This survey of papers on f luorescence in situ hybridization is drawn from the 1998 literature. Only papers that contained ‘f luorescence in situ hybridization’ in the title were collected in order to limit the list to papers in which this was the principal topic. Contact by e-mail: l P.E. Stanley: Stanley@LUMIWEB.COM; L.J. Kricka: Larry_kricka@path1a.med.upenn.edu Copyright ? 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The journal continues to provide comprehensive literature surveys which will be published in most issues. These are a continuation of the literature surveys begun in 1986 in the Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, and which have up to 1998, encompassed more than 6000 references cited by year or specialized topic. With this newly named Journal these searches are expanded to reflect the Journal’s wider scope. In future we will cover all fundamental and applied aspects of biological and chemical luminescence and include not only bioluminescence and chemiluminescence but also fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence, electrochemiluminescence, phosphorescence, sonoluminescence, lyoluminescence and triboluminescence, etc. The compilers would be pleased to receive any comments from the readership. Contact by e-mail: L.J. Kricka (larry_kricka@path1a.med.upenn.edu), and P.E. Stanley (stanley@LUMIWEB.COM). Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The journal continues to provide comprehensive literature surveys which will be published in most issues. These are a continuation of the literature surveys begun in 1986 in the Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, and which have up to 1998, encompassed more than 6000 references cited by year or specialized topic. With this newly named Journal these searches are expanded to reflect the Journal’s wider scope. In future we will cover all fundamental and applied aspects of biological and chemical luminescence and include not only bioluminescence and chemi-­luminescence but also fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence, electrochemiluminescence, phosphorescence, sonoluminescence, lyoluminescence and triboluminescence, etc. The compilers would be pleased to receive any comments from the readership. Contact by e-mail: L. J. Kricka (larry_kricka@path1a.med.upenn.edu), and P. E. Stanley (stanley@LUMIWEB.COM). Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The journal continues to provide comprehensive literature surveys which will be published in most issues. These are a continuation of the literature surveys begun in 1986 in the Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, and which have, up to 1998, encompassed more than 6000 references cited by year or specialized topic. With this newly named Journal these searches are expanded to reflect the Journal's wider scope. In future we will cover all fundamental and applied aspects of biological and chemical luminescence and include not only bioluminescence and chemi--luminescence but also fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence, electrochemiluminescence, phosphorescence, sonoluminescence, lyoluminescence and triboluminescence, etc. The compilers would be pleased to receive any comments from the readership. Contact by E-mail: L. J. Kricka (larry_kricka@pathla.med. upenn.edu), and P. E. Stanley (stanley@lumiweb.com). Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This is the first in an occasional survey of Internet sites relating to luminescence. This is just a small selection of available sites and readers are reminded that web pages are sometimes very temporary in nature. The authors welcome details of additional sites of interest to the readers of this journal. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Luminescence continues to provide comprehensive literature surveys which will be published in most issues. These are a continuation of the literature surveys begun in 1986 in the Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence which, up until 1998, encompassed more than 6000 references cited by year or specialized topic. With this newly named journal these searches are expanding to reflect the journal's wider scope. In future we will cover all fundamental and applied aspects of biological and chemical luminescence and include not only bioluminescence and chemiluminescence but also fluorescence, time resolved fluorescence, electrochemiluminescence, phosphorescence, sonoluminescence, lyoluminescence and triboluminescence. The compilers would be pleased to receive any comments from the readership. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The first part of this survey focuses on immunoassays and related ligand:binder assays (receptor:ligand, DNA probe) that use either a luciferase or a photoprotein as a label. In addition, references to assays that use a conventional label detected using a bioluminescent assay are included. The second part of the survey collects together references to publications on recombinant fusion proteins in which one of the fused proteins is bioluminescent (e.g., a luciferase or a photoprotein). References are cited by year and then alphabetically by first author. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The journal continues to provide comprehensive literature surveys which will be published in most issues. These are a continuation of the literature surveys begun in 1986 in the Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence and which have, up to 1998, encompassed more than 6000 references cited by year or specialized topic. With this newly named Journal these searches are expanded to reflect the Journal's wider scope. In future we will cover all fundamental and applied aspects of biological and chemical luminescence and include not only bioluminescence and chemi-­luminescence but also fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence, electrochemiluminescence, phosphorescence, sonoluminescence, lyoluminescence and triboluminescence, etc. The compilers would be pleased to receive any comments from the readership. Contact by e-mail: L. J. Kricka (larry_kricka@path1a.med.upenn.edu), and P. E. Stanley (stanley@LUMIWEB.COM). Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.