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Advanced Compositional Analysis of Nanoparticle-polymer Composites Using Direct Fluorescence Imaging

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Objective clustering protocol for single-molecule data: A lifetime vs. intensity study.

Michael A C Lovemore¹, Bertus van Heerden¹, Joshua L Botha¹

¹Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria 0002, Gauteng, South Africa.

Biophysical Reports

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We developed an objective method using Gaussian mixture modeling to cluster noisy single-molecule spectroscopy data. This approach reliably identifies subpopulations, improving analysis of molecular heterogeneity.

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Area of Science:

Biophysics
Analytical Chemistry
Data Science

Background:

Single-molecule spectroscopy (SMS) offers high sensitivity but suffers from noisy data due to limited photon budgets.
Noisy data in SMS can lead to subjective analysis, fitting errors, and reduced statistical power, obscuring true subpopulations.

Purpose of the Study:

To present an unbiased, objective method for clustering two-dimensional single-molecule data.
To apply and validate this method on fluorescence lifetime-intensity correlation data.

Main Methods:

Utilized Gaussian mixture modeling (GMM) for clustering.
Determined optimal cluster number using information criteria (AIC, BIC, ICL).
Employed cluster quality metrics (tightness, points outside ellipses) for robust selection.

Main Results:

The GMM-based protocol successfully recovered subpopulations from simulated and experimental noisy datasets.
Demonstrated reliable identification of heterogeneity even with overlapping distributions.
Benchmarked performance across clean, smeared, and noisy overlap-limited regimes.

Conclusions:

The developed method provides an objective framework for analyzing single-molecule heterogeneity.
This approach enhances the statistical power and reliability of SMS data analysis.
Limitations exist under severe geometric overlap or extreme state-occupancy imbalance.