...you’ll want a more photostable fluorophore. Factors such as exciting the fluorophore at peak wavelength...brightness, photostability, and most importantly, a photoswitching ability. This photoswitching refers to...function in live cells.
Fluorophore properties: The specific properties of the fluorophore, such as excitation...fluorescence quantum yield, the ratio of photons absorbed over the photons emitted. For example, DAPI is much...ligands
Figure 1: Example structures of fluorophores, fluorescent dyes, and fluorescent ligands. ...refers to the emission of light by a substance (fluorophore) that has absorbed light or electromagnetic radiation...another wavelength (Heinrichs, 2009). When a fluorophore absorbs light, electrons are elevated from a ...