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fluorephore

fluorephore is the alternative form of fluorophore.

Meaning of fluorophore

Noun

fluorophore (plural fluorophores)

  1. 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

Forms of fluorephore

pluralfluorephores

Questions about fluorephore

What is fluorephore the alternative form of?
Fluorephore is the alternative form of fluorophore.

Words near fluorephore in the dictionary

  1. fluorenyl
  2. fluorenylidene
  3. fluorenylidenes
  4. fluorenyls
  5. fluoreophore
  6. fluorephore
  7. fluorephores
  8. fluorescamine
  9. fluorescamines
  10. fluoresce
  11. fluoresced

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