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Module 3b: Luminiscence Flashcards

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1
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Define luminiscence

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any emission of light when an electron returns from an excited state (by any other energy other than heat) to ground state

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There are four types of luminiscence which are

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  1. fluorescence
  2. phosphorescence
  3. chemiluminiscemce
  4. electrochemiluminiscence
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3
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Luminiscence should be observed at what direction and why?

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Perpendicular to the incident light to avoid detection of scattered radiation

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In quantitative analysis, the intensity of luminiscence is proportional to

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concentration of species (C)
incident radiant power (P0)
constant depending on emitting molecule (k)

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5
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An atom or molecule that can fluoresce

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fluorophore

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6
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Makes Fluorescence measurements 100 to 1000 times more sensitive than absorbance measurements

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  1. intense light source
  2. digital signal filtering
  3. sensitive emission photometers
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Principle of Fluorometry

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Molecule that has greater energy that the environment fluoresces where returning to ground state.

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8
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Test based on the principle of fluorescence

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Fluorometry

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Components of fluorometers

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  1. light source (excitation source)
  2. excitation or primary monochromator (larger than absirbance spectrophotometers)
  3. sample cell
  4. emission or secondary monochromator
  5. detector
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10
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Difference between fluorometer and spectrofluormeter

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Fluorometer - uses interference or glass filters

Spectrofluorometer - prism or grating monochromator

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11
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Application of Fluorometry

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  • fluorescent tags or labels
  • hematofluorometry of zinc protoporphyrin in whole blood
  • flow cytometry
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12
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Concentration effect that refers to the loss of excitation intensity across the cuvet path length as the fluorophor absorbs the excitation light

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Inner filter effect

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Concentration effect where a macromolecule, like an antibody, is labeled heavily with a fluorophor, and radiationless energy transfer occurs.

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concentration quenching

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The difference between excitation light and emitted fluorescence in fluorometry

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Stoke’s Shift

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15
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When the excitation and emission spectra overlap in fluorescence.

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Light Scattering

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16
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Limitation of fluorometer in which a serum or urine sample contain many compounds that fluoresce which contributes to unwanted background fluorescence.

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sample matrix effects

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17
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The most serious contributors to sample matrix effect in fluorometry

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proteins and bilirubin

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18
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The temperature in fluorometry must be regulated within

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+/- 0.1 °C

19
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Fluorescence intensity ________ with increasing temperature by approximately

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decreases

1-5 percent per degree Celsius

20
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Limitation of fluorrometry where weakly fluorescing or dilute solution are affected by intense light sources

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photodecomposition

21
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Six limitation of Fluorometry

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  1. concentration effects
  2. Light scattering
  3. solvent and cuvette effects
  4. sample matrix effects
  5. temperature effects
  6. photodecomposition
22
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Test that is similar to flurometry but is distinguished in that it continues to occur even
after the radiation causing it has ceased.

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Phosphorescence

23
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Difference between the emitted light in Fluoremetry amd Phossphorescence

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There is a larger shift in wavelength in phosphorescence

24
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Types of luminescence in which the excitation event is caused by a chemical or electrochemical reaction, not by photolumination

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Chemiluminiscemce and bioluminiscence

25
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Principle of chemiluminiscence

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Compounds react with an oxidizing agent, with a catalyst,
It shifts into excited state.
Light is emitted as the product returns to ground state.

26
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Common substrates in chemiluminiscence

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luminol
isoluminol
acridinium estees
luciferin

27
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Common oxidants in chemiluminiscence

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hydrogen peroxide
hypochlorite
oxygen

28
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Commonly used catalysts in Chemiluminiscence

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enzymes (alkaline phospahatase, horseradish peroxidase, microperoxidase)
metal ions (copper, ferric phthalocyanine complex)
29
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substrate, oxidizer, and catalyst used in forensics as diagnostic tool for the detection of blood and other biological fluids.

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luminol, hydrogen peroxide, peroxidase

30
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A special form of chemiluminescence occurring within biological systems.

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bioluminiscence

31
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Biological substrate, oxidizer and catalyst in fireflies

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Luciferin, oxygen, luciferase

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another example of biological caatalysts in bioluminiscemce

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aequorin

33
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Type of luminescence where the reactive species that produce the chemiluminescent reaction are electrochemically generated.

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Electrochemiluminiscence

34
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Advantages of Electrochemiluminiscence

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reagent stability
simple reagent prepartion
enhanced sensitivity

35
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A physical phenomenon resulting from the interaction of light with particles in solution.

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Light scattering

36
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Difference between fluorometry and light scattering techniques

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scattered light has smiliar frequency as incident light

37
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Best application of Light scattering techniques

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Immunoassay of specific serum proteins and haptens

38
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Two types of light scattering techniques

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turbidimetry

nepehlometry

39
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Measures the decrease in intensity of the incident light at 180 degrees from the incident beam

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turbidimetry

40
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It is the detection of light energy that js scattered or reflected toward a detector that is not in the direct path of the transmitted light, usually measured at a right angle.

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nepehelometry.

41
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What is measured in turbidimetry?

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blocked light

42
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what is measured in nephelometry?

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scattered light

43
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Nephelometry that is commonly used in measuring macromolecules with size larger than the wavelength of incident light.

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Forward scattering nephelometer

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