Supplementary material for paper "Time-resolved spectroscopy of fluorescence quenching in optical fibre-based pH sensors"
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2020-10-19Type
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Ehrlich, KatjanaPublisher
University of Edinburgh. Centre of Inflammation ResearchRelation (Is Referenced By)
https://doi.org/10.3390/s20216115Metadata
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Ehrlich, Katjana. (2020). Supplementary material for paper "Time-resolved spectroscopy of fluorescence quenching in optical fibre-based pH sensors", [dataset]. University of Edinburgh. Centre of Inflammation Research. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2934.Description
Abstract: Numerous optodes, with fluorophores as the chemical sensing element and optical fibres for light delivery and collection, have been fabricated for minimally invasive endoscopic measurements of key physiological parameters such as pH. These flexible miniaturised optodes have typically attempted to maximize signal-to-noise through the application of high concentrations of fluorophores. We show that high-density attachment of carboxyfluorescein onto silica microspheres, the sensing elements, results in fluorescence energy transfer, manifesting as reduced fluorescence intensity and lifetime in addition to spectral changes. We demonstrate that the change in fluorescence intensity of carboxyfluorescein with pH in this “high-density” regime is opposite to that normally observed, with complex variations in fluorescent lifetime across the emission spectra of coupled fluorophores. Improved understanding of such highly loaded sensor beads is important as it leads to large increases in photostability and will aid the development of compact fibre probes, suitable for clinical applications. The time resolved spectral measurement techniques presented here can be further applied to similar studies of other optodes.The following licence files are associated with this item: