Questions tagged [fluorescence]
For questions relating to the radiation emitted by substances as a result of incident radiation.
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Are there any (simple) molecules with very different absorption and emission dipole directions?
When a single molecule absorbs or emits light, it does so perpendicular to the direction of the respective transition dipole. In principle, the directions of the dipoles for absorption and emission ...
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What should the Rehm-Weller equation look like?
The Rehm-Weller equation, which defines the energy change for photoinduced electron transfer according to Lakowicz "Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy" [1, p. 337] should look like:
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Why is collagen fibre autofluorescent?
Why is collagen fibre autofluorescent? Proteins with increased amount of trp, tyr, phe tend to fluoresce but I don't think collagen fibre has increased percentage of any of them. Some say collagen ...
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Is it right to say that fluorescent lamps are actually fluorescent?
Fluorescence occurs rapidly ($\approx 10^{-6}$ to $10^{-9}$ s) but phosphorescence is slow, and is therefore observable ($> 10^{-4}$ s). So, is it right to say that fluorescent lamps actually ...
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What chemical(s) in peanut butter cause it to glow under UV light?
It is relatively well known that peanut butter glows in the dark under UV light (if you don't believe me, see this short YouTube demo by NileRed).
I've tried it myself and it is clearly a real thing.
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What makes scorpions glow under UV light?
What substance (or class of substances) is responsible for the neon blue-colored fluorescence we observe when we shine UV light on scorpions?
Do note, I want to know what substance makes them glow ...
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Help with Forster distance conversion for FRET
For my project on Fluorescence, I'm trying to simplify the equation for the Forster distance (I obtained this from the Lakowicz book). To keep track, the units are in square brackets.
$$R_0 = \left(\...
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Interpretation of Figure - biofunctionalization
In this paper on page 1985 they say:
Fluorescence analysis confirmed that enhanced protein binding at higher electron dose depends only to a small extent on the slight increase in the lateral ...
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Why do different substances containing saturated hydrocarbons burns with different flame?
LPG and Candle wax both contain saturated hydrocarbon, yet LPG gives a clean white flame but a candle gives yellow flame with lots of smoke. Why so?
I have read some answers on web which says that it ...
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What is special about the molecule luciferin that it can emit light?
A classic example of bioluminescence; the protein luciferin is oxidized by the enzyme luciferase, releasing energy as light.
What is it that gives luciferin this ability? Why can't just about any ...
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How does molecular structure contribute in the property of fluorescence?
Fluorescence is the property which is exhibited when electrons emit wavelength of light lower than the one they absorbed so does that mean we can make every molecule to become fluorescent? I wanted to ...
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Why do glow-in-the-dark substances dim gradually?
Related: How do things glow in the dark?
Growing up, I had glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling and after being "charged" by having my lights on, they would phosphoresce for quite some time.
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Lifetime components in phosphorescence decay
I'm studying the phosphorescence decay of diacetyl in acetonitrile (it has a high quantum yield of intersystem crossing). The fluorimeter than I'm employing has microsecond resolution and, since the ...
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Excited states and emission lifetimes
I have some doubts about the nomenclature of the lifetimes. Are singlet and fluorescence lifetimes the same? As well as the triplet and phosphorescence lifetimes?
Also, can the triplet/phosphorescence ...
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Nitrogen dioxide fluorescence quenching and lifetime
Nitrogen dioxide fluorescence quenching:
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\begin{align}
\ce{NO2 + h\nu &->[$\varphi_\mathrm{Ia}$] NO2^{\ast}}\tag{I}\\
\ce{NO2^{\ast} &->[$k_2$] NO2 + h\nu'}\tag{II}\\
\ce{NO2^{\ast} +...
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