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fluorophor

fluorophor 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 fluorophor

pluralfluorophors

Questions about fluorophor

What is fluorophor the alternative form of?
Fluorophor is the alternative form of fluorophore.

Words near fluorophor in the dictionary

  1. fluorophenyls
  2. fluorophilic
  3. fluorophlogopite
  4. fluorophlogopites
  5. fluorophobic
  6. fluorophor
  7. fluorophore
  8. fluorophores
  9. fluorophoric
  10. fluorophors
  11. fluorophosphanate

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