fluorophore
nounEtymology From fluoro- + -phore.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
- The ideal fluorophore is a small, hydrophilic molecule with a long emission wavelength, large Stokes shift, high extinction coefficient, and high quantum efficiency.2006, Christian M. Apfel, Thilo Enderle, “Assays for High-Throughput Screening in Drug Discovery,”, in Combinatorial Chemistry: From Theory to Application, →ISBN, page 629:
- Derived terms
- fluorophoric, interfluorophore, multifluorophore
- Related terms
- chromophore, FISH, fluorochrome