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fluorophore

fluorophore noun: a molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.

fluorophore: a molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence
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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 fluorophore

pluralfluorophores
alternative formfluorophor

Origin of fluorophore

From fluoro- + -phore.

Words formed from fluorophore

Questions about fluorophore

What does fluorophore mean?
Fluorophore means a molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
What part of speech is fluorophore?
Fluorophore is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorophore?
The plural of fluorophore is fluorophores.

Words near fluorophore in the dictionary

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

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