Fluorescence Spectrophotometry
Peter TC So, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Chen Y Dong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Published online: June 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002978
Abstract
Fluorescence spectrophotometry is a class of techniques that assay the state of a biological system by studying its interactions
with fluorescent probe molecules. This interaction is monitored by measuring the changes in the fluorescent probe optical
properties.
Keywords: fluorescence; phosphorescence; spectroscopy
Further Reading
Becker RS
(1969)
Theory and Interpretation of Fluorescence and Phosphorescence.
New York: Wiley.
Birks JB
(1970)
Photophysics of Aromatic Molecules.
New York: Wiley.
Lakowicz JR
(1999)
Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy.
New York: Plenum Press.