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NATURE PROTOCOLS
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 227-236Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.455
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- PHS HHS [1R33 018399] Funding Source: Medline
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A procedure for the synthesis of a ratiometric viscosity fluorescent sensor is described in this protocol. The essential requirement for the design of this sensor is the attachment of a primary fluorophore that has both a viscosity-independent fluorescence emission (coumarin dye shown in blue) and an emission from a fluorophore that exhibits viscosity-dependent fluorescent quantum yield (p-amino cinnamonitrile dye shown in red). The use of sensor 1 in viscosity measurements involves solubilization in a liquid of interest and excitation of the primary fluorophore at lambda(ex) 360 nm. The secondary fluorophore is simultaneously excited via resonance energy transfer. The ratio of the fluorescent emission of the secondary over the primary fluorophore provides a fast and precise measurement of the viscosity of the solvent. The synthesis of compound 1 using commercially available materials can be completed within 5 d.
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