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Three dye energy transfer cascade within DNA thin films.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2011-10-15)
Daminda Navarathne, Yogesh Ner, James G Grote, Gregory A Sotzing
ABSTRACT

An efficient cascade FRET was realized in solid state DNA-CTMA thin films using a three chromophore system without any covalent attachments. The extent of energy transfer from Cm102 to SRh was studied and found to improve eight-fold using the bridging dye Pm567.

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Difluoro{3-ethyl-5-[1-(4-ethyl-3,5-dimethyl-2H-pyrrol-2-ylidene-N)ethyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrolato-N}boron, 98% (HPLC)
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Porphobilinogen, powder