fluorometer
fluo·rom·e·ter
F0207700 (flo͝o-rŏm′ĭ-tər, flô-, flō-)fluorometer
(ˌflʊəˈrɒmɪtə) orfluorimeter
fluo•rom•e•ter
(flʊˈrɒm ɪ tər, flɔ-, floʊ-)n.
单词 | fluorometer |
释义 | fluorometerfluo·rom·e·terF0207700 (flo͝o-rŏm′ĭ-tər, flô-, flō-)fluorometer(ˌflʊəˈrɒmɪtə) orfluorimeterfluo•rom•e•ter(flʊˈrɒm ɪ tər, flɔ-, floʊ-)n. fluorometerFluorometerfluorometer[flu̇′räm·əd·ər]Fluorometer(also fluorimeter), an instrument used for measuring the decay time τ of fluorescence, which is approximately 10–8–10–9 sec. A fluorometer operates on the following principle. During high-frequency modulated excitation of luminescence, the luminescence is modulated at the same frequency as the excitation; however, because of the finite duration of the luminescence emission, the phase of the luminescence modulation lags behind that of the excitation modulation. In the case of excitation that is sinusoidally modulated at a frequency ω and fluorescence that decays exponentially, the phase angle φ = tan–1 (ωτ). The relation between the amplitude A0 of the excitation modulation and the amplitude A of the luminescence modulation is . Thus, to determine τ either φ or the ratio A0/A must be measured. If the decay is not exponential, the same method may be used to establish the mean lifetime of the excited state and to estimate the extent to which the decay is not exponential. The most widely used fluorometers are phase fluorometers, which measure φ (Figure 1). In an optical-excitation phase fluorometer, a light beam from a source (1) is focused on a modulator (2). A portion of the modulated flux is deflected by a semi-transparent plate (3) and enters a photomultiplier (5). The remainder of the flux is focused on a specimen (4) to excite fluorescence, which is deflected to another photomultiplier (6). The phase difference φ between the photoelectric currents from (5) and (6) is measured by means of a phase meter (7). A cathode-ray tube or phase detector (8) serves as the phase indicator. Fluorometers based on electron-beam and X-ray excitation have also been developed. In an instrument that is more advanced than a fluorometer, luminescence is excited by short light pulses, and the decay curve is recorded directly. Instruments that are used for luminescence analysis are also called fluorometers, or fluorimeters. Such instruments measure the intensity of luminescence and contain both a source for exciting the luminescence and a photometer. fluorometerfluorometer[floo͡-rom´ĕ-ter]fluor·om·e·ter(flōr-om'ĕ-tĕr),fluorometer(1) An instrument used to measure the intensity and wavelength distribution of fluorescent emissions after excitation by a certain spectrum of light.(2) A now-retired device formerly used to measure the amount of ionising radiation emanating from an X-ray tube. fluor·om·e·ter(flōr-om'ĕ-tĕr) |
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