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|description='''Quenching''' is the name given to any process that reduces [[fluorescence]] intensity. Molecular oxygen is a [[fluorescence]] and [[phosphorescence]] quencher for some substances – a phenomenon that has been made use of in constructing optical probes for measuring oxygen. | |description='''Quenching''' is the name given to any process that reduces [[fluorescence]] intensity. Molecular oxygen is a [[fluorescence]] and [[phosphorescence]] quencher for some substances – a phenomenon that has been made use of in constructing optical probes for measuring oxygen. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:35, 8 February 2016
Description
Quenching is the name given to any process that reduces fluorescence intensity. Molecular oxygen is a fluorescence and phosphorescence quencher for some substances – a phenomenon that has been made use of in constructing optical probes for measuring oxygen.
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