This Brief presents a historical overview of the Förster-type nonradiative energy transfer and a compilation of important progress in FRET research, starting from Förster until today, along with a summary of the current state-of-the-art. Here the objective is to provide the reader with a complete account of important milestones in FRET studies and FRET applications as well as a picture of the current status.

Autorentext
Dr. Alexander O. Govorov is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ohio University in Athens, USA. He obtained his PhD from the Institute of Semiconductor Physics in Russia and later was a Humboldt Fellow at Munich University. His research interests include Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Physics of semiconductor nanostructures, optical and transport phenomena, many-body effects, quantum phenomena, nanoscience.

Dr. Pedro Ludwig Hernández Martínez is a Research Scientist at LUMINOUS! Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research interests include Nanoscience and Nanotechnology including Plasmonics and Semiconductors.

Dr. Hilmi Volkan Demir is a professor of electrical engineering and physics. He is an NRF Fellow of Singapore and NANYANG Associate Professor at NTU Singapore, and serves as the Founding Director of LUMINOUS! Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays. Concurrently, he is the EURYI Associate Professor at Bilkent University and UNAM National Nanotechnology Research Center of Turkey. ). His current research interests include the science and technology of nanocrystal optoelectronics for semiconductor lighting; excitonics and plasmonics for high-efficiency light generation and harvesting; and wireless in vivo sensing and smart implants for future healthcare.

Inhalt
Review.- Short History.- Background.- State of the art.- Summary.- Appendix.