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Week 5 - Spectroscopy Flashcards

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SPECTROSCOPY

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Studying the properties of matter through its interaction with different
frequency components of the electromagnetic spectrum.

With light – interaction not with the matter but the “ghost.”

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What different about different spectroscopy methods?

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different light frequency—gives a different picture -> the spectrum

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What does a spectrum measure?

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interaction of light with a sample which can influence the sample and/or the light

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Spectrum method

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method involves

  1. excitation
    - light - EM wave
    - other excitation sources
  2. detection
    - characterise light after sample
    - characterises change in sample
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absorption

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ground state to excited state

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relaxation

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excited state to ground state

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Internal conversion

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non-radiative relaxation through vibrational states

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Emission

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exciting induces emission of light from the sample - usually of different frequencies

emits:

  • fluorescence
  • phosphorescence
  • raman scattering
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fluorenscence

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emission from excited electronic singlet states

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phosphorescence

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emission from excited electronic triplet states

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raman scattering

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light scattering involving vibrational transition

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ABSORPTION PROCESS

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Transfer of light energy to
molecule

What happens next depends
on the characteristics of the
molecule

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Photon

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particles which transmit light

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What event leads to the increase in energy level?

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photon is absorbed by an atom or molecule

transitioned from lower energy level to higher

this transition depends on photon energy

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What happens when sample absorbs electromagnetic radiation?

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number of photons that pass through will decrease

molecule absorb photon

less light measured

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What do we measure?

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how much light we put in and how much that come out

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What can we use the beer lambert law for?

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to measure concentration

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How is the concentration determined from the beer-lambert law?

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through UV-viable spectroscopy

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What is the primary detection from beer-lambert law?

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light intensity is exponential attenuation with

  1. absorber molecule conc
  2. sample cross section - optical path length
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What does polarisation give an idea of?

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specific isomer

make sure only one stereoisomer

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What do all crystals show?

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anisotropy

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What does anisotropy in crystals mean?

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means that all certain or physical properties are different directions
- they are directional

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What are examples of anisotropy?

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  • hardness, cleavbility
  • elasticity, expansion properties
  • electric/thermal conductivity
  • electric polarzagbility - magnatism
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How do we understand structure of crystal?

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we can shine a light on the plane though to understand how the structure or crystal is

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How do we measure absorption?
measure changes in light intensity as it passes through a sample
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What is the excitation filter?
the absorbance we set at which filters what is coming through
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What are the parts of a spectophotometer?
objective excitation filter dichromate mirror emission filter detector light source
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What are sorte peaks?
sharp intense peaks
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What wavelength is used to detect the purity of DNA?
280nm
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What wavelength is used to detect the quantify of DNA?
260nm for detection level this also gives the concentration
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What ratio are we looking at when purifying DNA?
1:8
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What wavelengths do we look at to check the purity of a DNA sample?
260-280
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Photoluminescence
is light emission from any form of matter after the absorption of photons
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Luminescence
emission of light – no heat
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What are the types of emissions in emission spectroscopy?
Luminescence – emission of light – no heat - Phosphorescence - Fluorescence - Chemiluminescence
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What is the process of fluorescence?
Emission of a photon from the singlet excited state to the ground state. Fluorescence decays rapidly once the source of excitation is removed
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When does fluorescence stop?
stops when there is no energy
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Fluorescence - Relaxation of excited state
- Collisions with other species in the sample - Photochemical reactions - Emission of photons
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Quantum Yield of Fluorescence
fraction of excited state molecules returning to the ground state by fluorescence range from 1, when every molecule in an excited state undergoes fluorescence, to 0 when fluorescence does not occur.
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What are the two uses of fluorescence spectroscopy?
1. Qualitative analysis - shapes and peak positions of the excitation spectra and emission spectra of fluorescent substances can be compared with the spectra of standard solutions to achieve the purpose of qualitative analysis. 2. Quantitative analysis - At low concentrations, the fluorescence intensity of the solution is directly proportional to the concentration of the fluorescent substance:
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USES OF FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY - EXAMPLES
Quantification - DNA, antibodies, antigens Drug analysis, pharmacokinetics, efficacy analysis – e.g. quinine, antimicrobial drugs Food – detecting minerals, metallic elements, aas, vitamins, fungal contamination etc Environmental analysis – water, soils Currently not for treatment or diagnosis
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ADVANTAGES OF FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY Fluorescence analysis
- qualitatively and quantitatively analyse substances based on characteristics and intensity of fluorescence produced - widely used to characterise physical and chemical properties of the system and its changes – e.g. conformation and properties of biological macromolecules.
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What is FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS suitable for?
suitable for analytes that can be dissolved in solvents like water, ethanol and hexane
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What do the analytes need to do in fluorescence analysis?
- analytes need to absorb UV or visible light - analytes need to emit visible or near infra red radiation
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What does fluorescence analysis measure?
quantitative measurements of a single analyte in solution (Or more than one analytes in solution provided they do not interfere with each other.)
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What don't fluorescence analysis do?
- Analytes that have a photochemical reaction at (or above) the wavelength range of interest - Intransparent, not clear or colloidal samples - Compounds that do not show fluorescence
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What is excitation spectrum is obtained by?
monitoring emission at a fixed wavelength, variable excitation wavelength
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Emission spectrum
Fixed wavelength to excite sample Monitor emitted wavelength intensity
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What do molecules show on emission spectrum?
Molecules have single excitation spectrum but two emission spectra – fluorescence, phosphorescence
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What is quenching?
Quenching and dequenching is the basis for activatable optical contrast agents for molecular imaging. Many dyes undergo self-quenching, which can decrease the brightness of protein-dye conjugates for fluorescence microscopy, or can be harnessed in sensors of proteolysis
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What is quenching the bases of?
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) assays
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Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) assays
energy from excited molecular fluorphore (donor) is transferred to another fluorophore (acceptor)
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What is the basic principle of FRET?
donor that donates and returns to ground state
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What is a key thing about FRET?
- need relativly small distance between donor and acceptor - once energy is transferred over = flourece - if it doesn't fluorecese we lose that energy as heat
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FRET Key information
- Energy level of donor –returns to ground state without own fluorescence - Limited distance between two molecules - Emission spectrum of donor overlaps absorption spectrum of acceptor - If acceptor is fluorophore – transferred energy emitted as fluorescence - If acceptor not fluorophores – energy lost as heat and not light
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FRET - What happens if acceptor is fluorophores?
transferred energy emitted as fluorescence
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FRET - What happens if acceptor is not fluorophores?
energy lost as heat and not light
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FRAP
Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching
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What is FRAP?
a method of determining the kinetics of diffusion in living cells (usually) using fluorescence microscopy
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FRAP - Steps
A. The bilayer is uniformly labelled with a fluorescent tag B. label is selectively photobleached by a small (~30micrometre) fast light pulse C. The intensity within this bleached area is monitored as the bleached dye diffuses out and new dye diffuses in D. Eventually uniform intensity is restored
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What does fluorescence measure?
determin kinetics bleach out using dye measure time it takes for it to get back to normal = gives idea about diffusion
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bioluminescence: FIREFLY FLASHES
In bioluminescence, a photon is released after excitation in a biochemical reaction, e.g. luciferase
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bioluminescence - how is light produced?
luciferyl adenylate is converted to oxyluciferin using oxygen and the enzyme luciferase
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Bioluminescence - what enzyme is used?
luciferase
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What is LUCIFERASE ASSAYS used to determine?
To determine if a protein is able to activate (or suppress) transcription of a gene of interest, recombinant DNA technology to produce a construct in which the gene's promoter is placed adjacent to a luciferase reporter gene
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Chemiluminescence
a photon is released after excitation in a chemical reaction, e.g. luminol
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What is luminol used to detect?
blood
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What does laminal need to be activated?
needs to be oxidised to activate using hydrogen peroxides in water catalyst required
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What do you look at in luciferase essays?
looking at effects of protein on gene transcription
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What does adding luciferase as part of promoter region do?
create moderated protein production and can look at the light signals that is produced from it
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What is light directly proportional to in luciferase assay?
amount of biologically active chemical in sample
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Process of lumionol activation
Luminol reacts with OH – dianion Dianion reacts with O2 to produce peroxide – unstable – made by loss of N2, and change of electrons from excited to ground state – emission of photons (blue glow)
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What contains ROOR?
Organic peroxides contain peroxide functional group ROOR
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What is the NIR- absorption spectroscopy wavelength of interest?
- The interesting wavelength range for this type of spectroscopy is 800-2500 nm (invisible). – The related wavenumber (1/λ) range is 12500 – 4000 cm-1
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NIR- ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY USES
- look at water hardness - fermentation processes
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What happens if the sample is turbid?
light propagation within the sample is no longer rectilinear and the transmitted light is partly missing the detector of the spectrometer

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