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Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy

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224 SOLVENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS<br />

Figure 6.34. Effect <strong>of</strong> solvent polarity on the energies <strong>of</strong> LE and ICT<br />

states. Revised from [79].<br />

cis-stilbene is even more rapid, resulting in very short fluorescence<br />

lifetime. Such rotations in the excited state are<br />

thought to affect the emission <strong>of</strong> many other fluorophores. 83<br />

Increase in local viscosity contributes to the increased<br />

intensities displayed by many fluorophores when bound to<br />

biomolecules. In Chapter 1 we mentioned the viscosity<br />

probe CCVJ, which displayed increases in quantum yield<br />

with increases in viscosity. Figure 6.37 shows the emission<br />

intensities <strong>of</strong> this probe when bound to an antibody directed<br />

against this probe. 84 Binding <strong>of</strong> CCVJ to the antibody<br />

prevents rotation around the ethylene bond and increases<br />

the quantum yield.<br />

Figure 6.35. Intensity decays <strong>of</strong> trans-stilbene in methylcyclohexane:<br />

isohexane (3:2). Revised from [80].<br />

Figure 6.36. Excited-state isomerization <strong>of</strong> stilbene. From [81].<br />

Figure 6.37. Effect <strong>of</strong> anti-CCVJ antibody on the emission <strong>of</strong> CCVJ.<br />

Antibody concentrations are shown in µM. Revised and reprinted with<br />

permission from [84]. Copyright © 1993, American Chemical<br />

Society.

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