fluorophore
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fluorophore (plural fluorophores)
- (biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
- 2006, Christian M. Apfel, Thilo Enderle, “Assays for High-Throughput Screening in Drug Discovery,”, in Combinatorial Chemistry: From Theory to Application[1], →ISBN, page 629:
- The ideal fluorophore is a small, hydrophilic molecule with a long emission wavelength, large Stokes shift, high extinction coefficient, and high quantum efficiency.
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molecule capable of fluorescence
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