1. class Flashcards
Why fluorescence microscopy?
Why fluorescence microscopy?
GFP & quantum dots
Basics of fluorescence
Nature of light
Visible light
Light absorption
Light absorption
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Lambert-Beer Law
Absorption and emission spectra
Simplified Jablonski diagram
Asorption vs Fluorescence
Stokes shift
Jablonski diagram
Photophysical processes
Many things can happen…
Symmetry
Exceptions to the Mirror-Image Rule
Absorption and emission spectra
Quinine
Some history
Fluorescence quantum yield
Fluorescence lifetime
Fluorescence lifetime graph
Fluorescence lifetime
Eosin
Fluorescence lifetime
donor & acceptor
Intrinsic chromophores
Extrinsic chromophores
Extrinsic chromophores
labeling
Light-matter interactions
absorption
Luminescence incandescence
Light-matter interactions
reflection & refraction
QUESTION: How do a perfectly diffuse or specular reflective surface look like?
Measurement of absorption spectra
Measurement of fluorescence
Measurement of fluorescence spectra
Measurement of fluorescence quantum yield
Measurement of fluorescence quantum yield
effects
Measurement of lifetime
Measurement of lifetime
TAC reset:
Measurement of lifetime
IRF
Example: CFP fluorescence decay
Example: CFP fluorescence decay
heterogeneity
FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY
Polarized light and photoselection
photoselection
Anisotropy experiment
Sequence of events after excitation with polarized light
Example: YFP
Example: multichromophoric dendrimers
Example: multichromophoric dendrimers
monomer vs dendrimer
Magic angle
Energy transfer
Radiative energy transfer
Energy transfer
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer: FRET
FRET
FRET
R0
FRET
ex & em
FRET
The critical transfer distance
FRET efficiency
Some useful FRET numbers
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer: FRET
FRET can be used to study:
Dexter energy transfer
Electron transfer
Electron transfer
photosynthesis
Using Chlorophyl Fluorescence to Study Photosynthesis