• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2005

A new assay technique to distinguish between pure compounds and the isomeric mixtures has been suggested using single molecule (SM) fluorescence detection technique. Since the number of emission spots in a fluorophorespread film prepared from a genuine dye solution was determined by experimental condition, the deviation of spot numbers from the expected values could be considered to be an indication of lower purity of the sample solution. The lower limit of sample concentration for this assay was determined to be $5{\times}10^{-10}$ M to show uniform number of expected spots within 10% uncertainties in our experimental condition. An individual fluorescence intensity distribution for a mixture of isomers having doubly different emissivities was simulated by adding distributions obtained from Cy3 and nile red (NR) independently. The result indicated that the mixture could be identified from the pure compounds through the difference in the number of Gaussian functions to fit the distribution. This new assay technique can be applied to the purity test for synthetic biofluorophores which are usually prepared in small quantities not enough for classical ensemble assays.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 1998

To investigate the effects of sulfite on the chloroplast development, etiolated barley seedlings were treated with 100 mM sulfite solution every 3 hour by spraying during 96 hours greening Period. The effects were determined by chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids contents, photosynthetic electron transport activity, chlorophyll fluorescence yield and fluorescence quenching parameters. The contents of chlorophyll a and carotenoids were decreased than that of control by treatment of salfite over 48 hours greening. PS II Is more sensitive to sulfite than PS I Is. And by the addition of DPC to the chloroplasts of the barley seedling treated with sulfite, the photoreduction of DCPIP was not recovered. In greening with suite treated barley leaves, Fo, Fv and Nlh ratio were decreased with little difference from that of control. But qP, qNP and qR were lowed in comparison with those of controls whereas qE was markedly higher than that of control. Especially, It is Interesting that qR was decreased markedly compared to that of control. The results in the change of PS I activity, Nf and qP suggest that the strate of Inhibition by suite Is carbon dioxide reduction cycle.

• Current Applied Physics
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1255-1260
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• 2018

In this work, a green and simple one-pot route was developed for the synthesis of highly fluorescent aminofunctionalized graphene quantum dots (a-GQDs) via hydrothermal process without any further modification or surface passivation. We synthesized the a-GQDs using glucose as the carbon source and ammonium as a functionalizing agent without the use of a strong acid, oxidant, or other toxic chemical reagent. The as-obtained aGQDs have a uniform size of 3-4 nm, high contents of amino groups, and show a bright green emission with high quantum yield of 32.8%. Furthermore, the a-GQDs show effective fluorescence quenching for $Cu^{2+}$ ions which can serve as effective fluorescent probe for the detection of $Cu^{2+}$. The fluorescent probe using the obtained aGQDs exhibits high sensitivity and selectivity toward $Cu^{2+}$ with the limit of detection as low as 5.6 nM. The mechanism of the $Cu^{2+}$ induced fluorescence quenching of a-GQDs can be attributed to the electron transfer by the formation of metal complex between $Cu^{2+}$ and the amino groups on the surface of a-GQDs. These results suggest great potential for the simple and green synthesis of functionalized GQDs and a practical sensing platform for $Cu^{2+}$ detection in environmental and biological applications.

• ALGAE
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.125-134
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• 2012

Germanium dioxide ($GeO_2$) has been used for many years in the cultivation of red and green algae as a means of controlling the growth of diatoms. Brown algae are sensitive to $GeO_2$, however, the basis of this sensitivity has not been characterized. Here we use embryos of $Fucus$ $vesiculosus$ to investigate morphological and physiological impacts of $GeO_2$ toxicity. Morphometric features of embryos were measured microscopically, and physiological features were determined using pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. At 5 mg $L^{-1}$ $GeO_2$, embryos grew slower than controls and developed growth abnormalities. After 24 h, initial zygote divisions were often oblique rather than transverse. Rhizoids had inflated tips in $GeO_2$ and were less branched, and apical hairs were deformed, with irregularly aligned, spheroidal cells. Minimum fluorescence ($F_0$) showed minor differences over the 10 days experiment, and pigment levels (chlorophylls $a$, $c$ and total carotenoids) showed no difference after 10 days. Optimum quantum yield increased from ca. 0.52 at 24 h to 0.67 at 5 days, and $GeO_2$-treated embryos had higher mean values (significant at 3 and 5 days). Optimum quantum yield of photosystem II (${\Phi}_{PSII}$) was stable in control thalli after 5 days, but declined significantly in $GeO_2$. Addition of silica (as $SiO_2$) did not reverse the effects of $GeO_2$. These results suggest that $GeO_2$ toxicity in brown algae is associated with negative impacts at the cytological level rather than metabolic impacts associated with photosynthesis.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.197-201
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• 2008

Conformational heterogeneity of directly linked multiporphyrin arrays with larger molecular length retards their utilities in practical applications such as two-photon absorption and molecular photonic wire. In this regard, here we adopted a way to overcome the conformational heterogeneity through hydrogen bonding by selective binding of meso aryl substituents of porphyrins (host) with urea (guest) to form helical structure. Using steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy, we observed the enhanced fluorescence quantum yield by ~1.8 to 2.4 times, enhanced anisotropy values and the disappearance of fast fluorescence decay component in the host-guest helical forms. In addition, the enhanced nonlinear optical responses of helical arrays infer the extended inter-porphyrin electronic coupling due to a significant change in dihedral angle between the neighboring porphyrin moieties. The current host-guest strategy will provide a guideline to improve the structural homogeneity of the photonic wire.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.9-12
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• 2002

A porphyrin derivative covalently tinted to Ni aria-macrocycle complex has been prepared. Absorption spectrum of porphyrin-Ni aria-macrocycle dyad (λ$\^$max/$\sub$a/=227 nm) was observed to similar to a sum of those of tetratolylporphyrin (λ$\^$max/$\sub$a/=419 nm) and Ni aza-macrocycle (λ$\^$max/$\sub$a/=227 nm), indicating no electronic interaction between porphyrin and Ni aza-macrocycle moieties. Fluorescence quantum yield of dyad (${\Phi}$$\sub$f/= 0.10) was same to that of tetratolylporphyrin (${\Phi}$$\sub$f/= 0.10). Photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer or energy transfer from excited porphyrin moiety to Ni(II) aza-macrocycle moiety should be very inefficient in dyad.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.291-295
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• 1985

The efficiency of photosensitization of methyl linoleate (ML) oxidation by N-acetyl-L-trypophan(NAT) and 3-methyl indole(scatole) was markedly enhanced by increased concentration of ML in ethanol solution. The fluorescence intensities of sensitizers were observed to be quenched by ML, indicating that ML interacts with the indole excited singlet state. The inhibition of photosensitization by azide demonstrated a possible role of singlet oxygen in the photosensitization. The steady state kinetic treatment of azide inhibition of photosensitization was expected to show linear increase of reciprocal yield of ML oxidation product vs. reciprocal ML concentration at constant azide concentration, but the actual slope was nonlinear. This indicates another competing reaction involved in the photosensitization, As a possible competing reaction, electron transfer from ML to the excited sensitizer was proposed, since the measured fluorescence quenching rate constant closely resembled electron transfer rate constant determined from ML concentration dependence of oxidation product formation.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.676-682
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 생육초기 고추의 한발 스트레스 조건에서 작물 생육에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위해 엽록소 이미지형 광분석을 이용하여 엽록소 형광 매개변수를 비교분석 하였다. 비록 통계적 유의성이 인정되지는 않았지만 전체 잎의 이미지에 나타나는 형광매개변수들의 평균값은 감소하는 경향이었다. 가변형광값에대한 최대형광값의 비는 변동이 없는 반면, 광계II의 정류상태에서의 양자수득율 및 형광감쇄율은 다소 감소하였다. 이러한 현상은 퀴논 A 단백질로부터 퀴논 B 단백질로의 전자전달의 감소를 의미하였다. 잎의 중앙부위와 엽병부근에서의 비광학적 소광 및 가변형광의 비광학적 소광 상수는 한발스트레스 4일 후 유의성있게 증가하였다. 즉 생리적 스트레스 매개변수로 활용이 가능하였다. 광계II에서의 정류상태 양자수득율의 감소는 고추잎의 모든 부위에서 공통적으로 유의성있게 측정되었다. 결론적으로 ${\Phi}PSII$ ($QY_{_-LSS}$), $NPQ_{_-LSS}$, qN 등의 엽록소형광 매개변수들은 고추의 한발스트레스를 판단할 수 있는 생리적 지표로 활용 가능한 것으로 유의성이 인정되었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.124-128
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• 1992

인삼의 엽소현상과 광계 II(photosystem II)의 광수확 엽록소-단백질 복합체(LHCP II)의 광에너지 분배 기작과의 관계를 구명코저 LHCP II의 인산화에 따른 형광 quenching과 광량별 인산화 정도, 그리고 단백질 조성을 조사하였다. 인삼은 DCMU의 존재 하에서 photosystem II의 형광발생량이 양지식물인 콩에 비해 많았으며, 인간화에 따른 형광 quenching율도 현저히 높았다. 또한, 강광(25k1ux 이상)에서 인삼은 인산화에 따른 형광 quenching율이 콩에 비해서 2배정도 높다는 사실을 확인하였다. 엽록소-단백질 복합체(CP-complex)의 조성비율 및 LHCP II를 구성하고 있는 단백질의 앙과 수적인 면에서 비교식물과 큰 차이를 나타내었는데, 24~29kD 범위에서 인삼은 25, 26, 27kD의 major 밴드와 24, 25.3, 28.3kD의 minor밴드로 구성되어 있었으며 광량에 의존적으로 인산화가 증가하는 인삼의 LHCP II 단백질은 24kD 이었다.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.149-152
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• 2001

3종의 감귤대목 탱자, 비룡, 시트르 메로와 그것에 접목한 온주밀감 '일남 1호'의 $CO_2$ 동화를 평가할 수 있는 엽록소 형광을 비교하였다. 강세 대목인 시트르 메로와 중간 대목인 탱자는 잠재적이며 실재적으로 거의 같은 광양자 흡수율을 나타냈지만, 약세 대목인 비룡은 암조건과 명조건에서 얻어진 Fo, Fs가 높기 때문에 상대적으로 낮은 광양자 흡수율을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 비룡은 흡수한 광 에너지 안테나 엽록소로부터 형광으로 손실이 되는 율이 높다는 것을 시사하고 있다. 그러나 이들 대목에 접목을 한 온주밀감은 잠재적이며 실재적으로 거의 같은 광양자 흡수율을 나타냈다. 이러한 사실로부터 대목은 접수의 양자 흡수율에 직접 영향을 미치지 않는다고 사료된다.