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27 October 2015 Mechanism of two-photon excited hemoglobin fluorescence emission
Qiqi Sun, Wei Zheng, Jiannong Wang, Yi Luo, Jianan Y. Qu
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 10, 105014 (October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.10.105014
Abstract
Hemoglobin, one of the most important proteins in the human body, is composed of “heme” groups (iron-containing rings) and “globins” (proteins). We investigate the two-photon excited fluorescence of hemoglobin and its subunit components (heme and globin). We measure the hemoglobin fluorescence lifetime by using a streak camera of ps resolution and confirm that its lifetime is in femtosecond scale. In the study of the fluorescence properties of heme and globin, the experimental results reveal that heme is the sole fluorophore of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin fluorescence can be effectively excited only via two-photon process, because heme has a centrosymmetric molecular structure and two-photon allowed transition is forbidden for single-photon process and vice versa due to the Laporte parity selection rule.
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Qiqi Sun, Wei Zheng, Jiannong Wang, Yi Luo, and Jianan Y. Qu "Mechanism of two-photon excited hemoglobin fluorescence emission," Journal of Biomedical Optics 20(10), 105014 (27 October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.10.105014
Published: 27 October 2015
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KEYWORDS
Luminescence
Imaging systems
Absorption
Streak cameras
Molecules
Proteins
Femtosecond phenomena
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