Luminescence Flashcards
• is the emission of light by a substance
Luminescence
• occurs when an electron returns to the electronic ground state from an excited state and loses its excess energy as a photon
Luminescence
Three types of luminescence
• Fluorescence
• Phosphorescence
• Chemiluminescence
• It starts immediately after the absorption of light and stops as soon as the incident light is cut off
Fluorescence
• When a beam of light is incident on certain substances, they emit visible light or radiations
Fluorescence
• When light radiation is incident on certain substances, they emit light continuously even after the incident light is cut off.
Phosphorescence
• delayed fluorescence
Phosphorescence
• Measures the fluorescence or the energy emission that occurs when a certain compound absorb electromagnetic radiation, become excited and then return to an energy state that is usually higher than their original level
Fluorometry
Basic Components of a Fluorometry (5)
Light source
Excitation/ primary monochromator
Cuvette
Emission/ secondary monochromator
Photodetector
Advantages:
• Increased sensitivity (1000x more sensitive than________ methods)
• Emitted radiation is measured directly
• Increased specificity by selecting the optimal wavelength for both absorption and fluorescence
Fluorometry
spectrophotometric
Disadvantage:
• very sensitive to______ changes
•
Fluorometry
environmental
- quick disappearance of fluorescence
• changes in____ affects electron availability
•_______ changes the probability of loss of energy
• contaminating chemicals or a change of______ may change the structure
• UV light used for excitation can cause______ changes
Quenching
pH
temperature
solvent
photochemical
• is the production of light from a chemical reaction
• reactions are oxidation reactions of (3) characterized by a rapid increase in intensity of emitted light followed by a gradual decay
Chemiluminescence
luminol, acridinium esters, and dioxetanes
• The excitation of the substance does not involve electromagnetic radiation and no monochromators are needed, instead the excitation energy comes from a chemical or electrochemical reaction
Chemiluminescence
• Light signal is measured against a completely dark background
Chemiluminescence
Advantages:
• Subpicomolar detection limits
• Speed
• Ease of use
• Simple instrumentation
Chemiluminescence
• Impurities can cause a background signal that degrades sensitivity and specificity
Chemiluminescence
is a physical phenomenon that results from the interaction of light with particles in solution
Light scattering
• Unlike fluorescence emission, the wavelength of the ________is the same as that of the incident light
scattered light
measures the amount of light scattered in a particulate suspension at 90º angle
Nephelometry
useful method to determine the concentration of solutions that contains particles too large for absorption spectrometry
Nephelometry
• Amount of light blocked depends not only on concentration but also on size
• Sampling handling becomes critical
Turbidimetry
• measures the amount of light blocked in a particulate suspension in light transmission
Turbidimetry
_______, the amount of light passing through a solution is measured.
Turbidimetry
The higher the turbidity, the_____ the quantity of light transmitted (i.e. more light is absorbed).
smaller
Any _______ can be used as a turbidimeter, without modification. Since property concerns visible light the measurement is commonly carried out at_____.
spectrophotometer or photometer
420 nm
he detecting cell is placed at right angles to the light source, to measure light scattered by particles.
nephelometry
The intensity of the scattered light serves as a measure of the turbidity. The instrument is called a ________
A_______, can be used, however, a special attachment is required for nephelometry.
‘Nephelometer’ or a ‘Nephelometric Turbidimeter’.
spectrophotometer
• Mercury arc lamp
• Scattered light is measured
• Measured at 90 degrees
• PMT is the detector
Nephelometry
• Tungsten lamp
• Light transmitted is measured
• Measured in straight line
• Photocell is the detector
Turbidimetry