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Supervisor's Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Theory; 2.1 Quantum Mechanical Picture of Fluorescence; 2.1.1 Molecular Excitation and Emission; 2.1.2 Single-Singlet and Singlet-Triplet Transitions; 2.1.3 Franck-Condon Principle; 2.1.4 Radiationless De-Excitation; 2.1.5 Einstein's Coefficients and Spontaneous Emission Rate; 2.2 Plane Waves and Maxwell's Equations; 2.3 Fresnel's Equations; 2.3.1 Total Internal Reflection; 2.3.2 Thin Layers and Frustrated Internal Reflection; 2.3.3 Fresnel's Equations for a Metal Surface; 2.4 The Oscillating Dipole
2.4.1 Dipole in a Homogeneous Environment2.4.2 Dipole on a Planar Dielectric Interface; 2.4.3 Dipole on a Metal Surface; References; 3 Single-Molecule Metal-Induced Energy Transfer (smMIET); 3.1 Experimental Setups; 3.1.1 MicroTime 200 Setup; 3.1.2 Wide-Field Setup for Defocused Imaging; 3.2 Proof of Principle Experiments; 3.2.1 Substrate Preparation; 3.2.2 Results; 3.2.3 Discussion and Outlook; References; 4 Single-Molecule Transition Dipole Imaging; 4.1 Radially Polarized Laser Excitation; 4.1.1 Excitation Patterns; 4.1.2 Experimental Setup; 4.1.3 Single-Molecule Excitation Images
4.1.4 Pattern Matching4.1.5 Multidimensional Emitters; 4.2 smMIET with Radially Polarized Excitation; 4.2.1 Methods; 4.2.2 Results and Discussion; 4.3 Defocused Imaging; 4.3.1 Theory; 4.3.2 Experimental Setup; 4.3.3 Pattern Matching and Lateral Localization; 4.3.4 Multidimensional Emitters; 4.4 Excitation-Emission Transition Dipole Imaging; 4.4.1 Experimental Setup and Methods; 4.4.2 Results; 4.4.3 Discussion and Outlook; 4.5 Transition Dipole Imaging of Carbon Nanodots; References; 5 Discussion and Outlook; 5.1 MIET on Metal Thin Films; 5.2 SmMIET for Structural Biology
5.3 Dynamics Using MIET
DynaMIET5.4 Ongoing Experiments; References; 6 Conclusion; References; Glossary; Appendix Curriculum Vitae
2.4.1 Dipole in a Homogeneous Environment2.4.2 Dipole on a Planar Dielectric Interface; 2.4.3 Dipole on a Metal Surface; References; 3 Single-Molecule Metal-Induced Energy Transfer (smMIET); 3.1 Experimental Setups; 3.1.1 MicroTime 200 Setup; 3.1.2 Wide-Field Setup for Defocused Imaging; 3.2 Proof of Principle Experiments; 3.2.1 Substrate Preparation; 3.2.2 Results; 3.2.3 Discussion and Outlook; References; 4 Single-Molecule Transition Dipole Imaging; 4.1 Radially Polarized Laser Excitation; 4.1.1 Excitation Patterns; 4.1.2 Experimental Setup; 4.1.3 Single-Molecule Excitation Images
4.1.4 Pattern Matching4.1.5 Multidimensional Emitters; 4.2 smMIET with Radially Polarized Excitation; 4.2.1 Methods; 4.2.2 Results and Discussion; 4.3 Defocused Imaging; 4.3.1 Theory; 4.3.2 Experimental Setup; 4.3.3 Pattern Matching and Lateral Localization; 4.3.4 Multidimensional Emitters; 4.4 Excitation-Emission Transition Dipole Imaging; 4.4.1 Experimental Setup and Methods; 4.4.2 Results; 4.4.3 Discussion and Outlook; 4.5 Transition Dipole Imaging of Carbon Nanodots; References; 5 Discussion and Outlook; 5.1 MIET on Metal Thin Films; 5.2 SmMIET for Structural Biology
5.3 Dynamics Using MIET
DynaMIET5.4 Ongoing Experiments; References; 6 Conclusion; References; Glossary; Appendix Curriculum Vitae