Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

1.     L.B. Kong, P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Observation of the dynamic germination of single bacterial spores using rapid Raman imaging,” Journal of Biomedical Optics 19, 011003 (2014).

2.     L.B. Kong, P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Direct analysis of water content and movement in single dormant bacterial spores using confocal Raman microspectroscopy and Raman imaging,” Analytical Chemistry 85, 7094 (2013).

3.     A. Perez-Valdespino, S. Ghosh, E.P. Cammett, L.B. Kong, Y. Li and P. Setlow, “Isolation and characterization of Bacillus subtilis spores that are superdormant for germination with dodecylamine or Ca^2+-dipicolinic acid,” Journal of Applied Microbiology 114, 1109 (2013).

4.     L.B. Kong, P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Analysis of the Raman spectra of Ca²⁺-dipicolinic acid alone and in the bacterial spore core in both aqueous and dehydrated environments,” Analyst 137, 3683 (2012).

5.     P.F. Zhang, L.B. Kong, G.W. Wang, M. Scotland, S. Ghosh, B. Setlow, P. Setlow and Y. Li “Analysis of the slow germination of multiple individual superdormant Bacillus subtilis spores using multifocus Raman microspectroscopy and DIC microscopy,” Journal of Applied Microbiology 112, 526 (2012).

6.     L.B. Kong, P.F. Zhang , G.W. Wang, J. Yu, P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Characterization of bacterial spore germination using phase contrast and fluorescence microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and optical tweezers,” Nature Protocols 6, 625 (2011).

7.     L.B. Kong, P.F. Zhang , J. Yu, P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Rapid confocal Raman imaging using a synchro multifoci-scan scheme for dynamic monitoring of single living cells,” Applied Physics Letters 98, 213703 (2011).

8.     L.B. Kong, P.F. Zhang , P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Multifocus confocal Raman microspectroscopy for rapid single-particle analysis,” Journal of Biomedical Optics 16, 120503 (2011).

9.     P.F. Zhang, L.B. Kong, G.W. Wang, P. Setlow and Y.  Li, “Monitoring the wet-heat inactivation dynamics of single spores of Bacillus species by using Raman tweezers, differential interference contrast microscopy, and nucleic acid dye fluorescence microscopy,” Applied and Environmental  Microbiology 77, 4754 (2011).

10.  L.B. Kong, P.F. Zhang, J. Yu, P. Setlow, and Y. Li, “Monitoring the kinetics of uptake of a nucleic acid stain during the germination of single spores of Bacillus species,” Analytical Chemistry 82, 8717 (2010).

11.  L.B. Kong, P.F. Zhang, P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Characterization of bacterial spore germination using integrated phase contrast microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and optical tweezers,” Analytical Chemistry 82, 3840 (2010).

12.  P.F. Zhang, L.B. Kong, P. Setlow and Y.  Li, “Multiple-trap laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy for simultaneous monitoring of the biological dynamics of multiple individual cells,” Optics Letters 35, 3321 (2010).

13.  P.F. Zhang, L.B. Kong, G.W. Wang, P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Combination of Raman tweezers and quantitative differential interference contrast microscopy for measurement of dynamics and heterogeneity during the germination of individual bacterial spores,” Journal of Biomedical Optics 15, 056010 (2010).

14.  P. Zhang, L.B. Kong, P. Setlow and Y. Li, “Characterization of wet-heat inactivation of single spores of Bacillus species by dual-trap Raman spectroscopy and elastic light scattering,” Applied and Environmental  Microbiology 76, 1796, (2010).

15.  S. Reick, K. Mølmer, W. Alt, M. Eckstein, T. Kampschulte, L.B. Kong, R. Reimann, A. Thobe, A. Widera and D. Meschede, “Analyzing quantum jumps of one and two atoms strongly coupled to an optical cavity,” Journal of the Optical  Society of  America  B 27, A152 (2010).

16.  L.B. Kong, X.H. Tu, J. Wang, Y. Zhu and M.S. Zhan, “Sub-Doppler spectral resolution in a resonantly driven four-level coherent medium,” Optics Communications 269, 362 (2007).

17.  L.B. Kong, J. Wang, X.H. Tu, L.H. Wen and M.S. Zhan, “Slow dark optical solitons caused by cross talk among optical transitions,” Optics Communications 255, 331 (2005).

18.  J. Wang, L.B. Kong, X.H. Tu, K.J. Jiang, K. Li, H.W. Xiong, Y. Zhu and M.S. Zhan, “Electromagnetically induced transparency in multi-level cascade scheme of cold rubidium atoms,” Physics Letters A 328, 437 (2004).

19.  X.M. Hu, L.B. Kong and L. Wang, “Dynamical irreversibility induced by one coherent field and one incoherent field in three-level systems,” Optics Communications 221, 105 (2003).

20.  X.M. Hu, L.B. Kong and J. Xu, “Strong-field index enhancement via incoherent excitation,” Journal of Physics B 35, 4425 (2002).