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fluorophores

fluorophores is the plural 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

Questions about fluorophores

What is fluorophores the plural of?
Fluorophores is the plural of fluorophore.

Words near fluorophores in the dictionary

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

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