Abstract
Microwaves have a larger effect on the green fluorescent protein (GFP) fluorescence intensity than is observed by conventional thermal heating. Our measurements show that thermally heating a GFP solution from 7 to 40 °C results in a ∼1% decrease in fluorescence for every 1 °C. On the other hand, under 250 mW of localized microwave irradiation, the fluorescence can decrease by up to 3-10% with an accompanying temperature rise of only 1 °C.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 422-425 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Synthetic Metals |
Volume | 155 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Nov 2005 |
Keywords
- Photoluminescence
- Special-purpose functionalized polymers (GFP)