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Volume 4.

Probe Design and Chemical Sensing

Volume 3


 

Contents :

1. Emerging Biomedical Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence
   Spectroscopy

   Joseph R. Lakowicz

   1.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
   1.2. Schemes for Fluorescence Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
        1.2.1. Instrument Complexity, Measurement Scheme,
               and the Spectral Properties of Fluorophores . . . . . . . . 4
        1.2.2. Lifetime-Based Sensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   1.3. Applications of Fluorescence to Clinical Sensing . . . . . . . . . 7
        1.3.1. Phase-Modulation Sensing of Blood Gases
               and/or Blood Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
        1.3.2. Noninvasive Transdermal Glucose Sensing . . . . . . . . . . 8
   1.4. Applications to Cell Biology and Physiology. . . . . . . . . . . .12
        1.4.1. Intracellular Chemical Analysis and Flow Cytometry. . . . .12
        1.4.2. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) . . . . . .13
   1.5. Conclusion: The Need for Development of New Fluorescence Probes. .17
        References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18


2. Principles of Fluorescent Probe Design for Ion Recognition

   Bernard Valeur

   2.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
   2.2. Fluorescent Signaling Receptors of Cations . . . . . . . . . . . .23
        2.2.1. Fundamental Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
        2.2.2. Recognition Based on Cation Control of
               Photoinduced Electron Transfer in
               Nonconjugated Donor-Acceptor Systems. . . . . . . . . . . .25
        2.2.3. Recognition Based on Cation Control of
               Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Conjugated
               Donor-Acceptor Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
        2.2.4. Recognition Based on Cation Control of the
               Proximity between Two Fluorophores, or a
               Fluorophore and a Quencher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
        2.2.5. Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
   2.3. Fluorescent Signaling Receptors of Anions. . . . . . . . . . . . .42
   2.4. Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
        References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45


3. Fluorescent Chemosensors for Cations, Anions, and Neutral Analytes

   Anthony W. Czarnik
   3.1. Chelation-Enhanced Fluorescence in 9,10-Bis(TMEDA)anthracene . . .51
   3.2. Chelation-Enhanced Fluorescence of Anthlylazamacrocycle
        Chemosensors in Aqueous Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
   3.3. Chelatoselective Fluorescence Perturbation in an
        Anthlylazamacrocycle CHEF Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
   3.4. Chelation-Enhanced Fluorescence Detection of Nonmetal Ions . . . .59
   3.5. An Assay for Enzyme-CataIyzed Polyanion Hydrolysis Based
        on Template-Directed Excimer Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
   3.6. Fluorescence Chemosensing of Carbohydrates . . . . . . . . . . . .66
   3.7. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
        References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68


4. Design and Applications of Highly Luminescent Transition Metal
   Complexes

   J. N. Demas and B. A. DeGraff
   4.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
   4.2. States of Inorganic Complexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
   4.3. Design Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
   4.4. Temperature Effects on Inorganic Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
   4.5. Design Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
   4.6. Sensor Design and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
        4.6.1. Probe/Sensor Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
        4.6.2. Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
   4.7. Microheterogenous Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
        4.7.1. Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
        4.7.2. Uniqueness: A Caveat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
        4.7.3. Simulation Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
        4.7.4. Physical System Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
   4.8. Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
        References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105


5. Fluorescence Probes Based on Twisted Intramolecular Charge
   Transfer(TICT)States and Other Adiabatic Photoreactions

   W. Rettig and Rene Lapouyade

   5.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l09
   5.2. Adiabatic Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms or How to
        Produce Large Stokes Shifts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
        5.2.1. Twisting and Charge Transfer: The TICT Mechanism. . . . . 113
        5.2.2. Intramolecular Proton Transfer: The ESIPT Mechanism . . . 114
        5.2.3. Intramolecular Folding: The Excimer/Exciplex
               Mechanism and Dewar Isomerization
               (Butterfly Mechanism) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
   5.3. Examples of Polarity Probes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
   5.4. Examples of Free Volume Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
        5.4.1. Excimer Probes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
        5.4.2. UCT Probes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
        5.4.3. Butterfly Probes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
   5.5. How to Construct Proton- and Ion-Sensitive Analytical Probes:
        Principles and General Scheme of Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
        5.5. 1. Generating Sensitivity through Introduction
                of TICT-Pathways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
        5.5.2. General Use as Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
   5.6. pH Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
        5.6.1. Physiological pH Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
        5.6.2. Fluorescent Probes with an Efficient Intramolecular
               Fluorescence Quenching Process in the Base Form
               Possibly Related to the Formation of a Nonemissive
               TICT State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
        5.6.3. Donor-Acceptor and Donor-Donor Substitution Stilbenes . . 131
        5.6.4. "Fluor-Spacer-Receptor" Systems with a
               Photoinduced Electron Transfer as a Quenching
               Process of the Fluorescence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
   5.7. Ion Complexing Probes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
        5.7.1. Monoaza-15-Crown-5 Stilbenes Forming
               Emissive TICT States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
        5.7.2. Fluorescent Calcium Indicators in Current Use in
               Molecular Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
        5.7.3. Other Fluoroionophores with Enhanced
               Fluorescence in the Presence of Cations . . . . . . . . . 139
   5.8. Basic Ideas for Future Developments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
        References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

 6. Red and Near-Infrared Fluorometry

    Richard B. Thompson

    6.1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
    6.2. Background and Rationale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
    6.3. Excitation Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
         6.3.1. Gas and Dye Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
         6.3.2. Light-Emitting Diodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
         6.3.3. Titanium:Sapphire Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
         6.3.4. Diode Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
         6.3.5. External Modulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
    6.4. Detectors and Optics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
         6.4.1. Photomultiplier Tubes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
         6.4.2. Photodiodes and Avalanche Photodiodes. . . . . . . . . . 165
         6.4.3. Infrared Optics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
    6.5. Infrared Fluorophores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
         6.5.1. Cyanines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
         6.5.2. Oxazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
         6.5.3. Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons. . . . . . . . . . . . 172
         6.5.4. Phthalocyanines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
         6.5.5. Other Infrared Fluorophores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
    6.6. Scattering, Absorbance, and Interfering Fluorescence. . . . . . 175
    6.7. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
         References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179


 7. Near-Infrared Fluorescence Probes

    Guillermo A. Casay, Dana B. Shealy, and Gabor Patonay

    7.1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
         7.1.1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
         7.1.2. Characteristics of the NIR Region. . . . . . . . . . . . 186
    7.2. NIR Optical Probe Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
         7.2.1. Light Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
         7.2.2. Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
         7.2.3. Miscellaneous Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
         7.2.4. Optical Probe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
    7.3. Optical Fiber Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
         7.3.1. Metal Ion Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
         7.3.2. Solution pH Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
         7.3.3. Biosensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
    7.4. Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
         References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

8. Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Turbid Media and Tissues

   Dieter Oelkrug

   8.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
   8.2. Basic Photometric Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
   8.3. Experimental Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
        8.3.1. Conventional Fluorimeters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
        8.3.2. Diode Array Spectrometers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
        8.3.3. Time-Resolved Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
        8.3.4. Locally Resolved Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
        8.3.5. Diffuse Reflectance Spectra of Fluorescent Samples. . . . 232
   8.4. Model Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
        8.4.1. Solution of the Equations of Transfer . . . . . . . . . . 235
        8.4.2. Spot Irradiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
        8.4.3. Extended Area of Irradiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
        8.4.4. Time-Resolved Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
   8.5. Determination of Scattering and Absorption Coefficients. . . . . 243
   8.6. Quantitative Fluorescence Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
        8.6.1. Forward and Backward Fluorescence . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
        8.6.2. Inner Filter Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
        8.6.3. Fluorescence Reabsorption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
        8.6.4. Fluorescence Quantum Yields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
        References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252


9. Real-Ilme Chemical Sensing Employing Luminescence Techniques

   J. Ricardo Alcala

   9.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
   9.2. Basic Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
        9.2.1. Homogeneous Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
        9.2.2. Luminescence and Sensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
        9.2.3. Nonhomogeneous Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
   9.3. Continuous Wave Luminescence Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
        9.3.1. Homogeneous Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
        9.3.2. Nonhomogeneous Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
   9.4. Time-Resolved Luminescence Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
        9.4.1. Homogeneous Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
        9.4.2. Nonhomogeneous Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
   9.5. Real-Time Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
        9.5.1. The Nature of Intensity and Lifetime-Based Sensors. . . . 270
        9.5.2. Time Domain and Frequency Domain Measurements . . . . . . 270
        9.5.3. The Principle of Frequency Domain Sensing . . . . . . . . 272
        9.5.4. Concurrent Multifrequency Measurements. . . . . . . . . . 276
        9.5.5. The Limit of Fourier Methods in Real-Time Sensing . . . . 283
        9.5.6. Noise in the Time and in the Frequency Domain . . . . . . 283
        9.5.7. Fiberoptic Sensor Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
   9.6. Example: An Oxygen Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
   9.7. Example: A Temperature Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
   9.8. Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
        References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292


10. Lifetime-Based Sensing

    Henryk Szmacinski and Joseph R. Lakowicz

    10.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
    10.2. Requirements of a Fluorescent Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . 299
    10.3. Molecular Mechanisms for Fluorescence Lifetime-Based Sensing . 301
    10.4. Measurement of Fluorescence Lifetimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
    10.5. Sensing Based on Probe-Analyte Recognition . . . . . . . . . . 307
          10.5.1. Intensity-Based Sensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
          10.5.2. Lifetime-Based Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
    10.6. Sensing Based on Collisional Quenching of Fluorescence . . . . 317
          10.6.1. Oxygen Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
          10.6.2. Cellular Chloride Sensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
    10.7. Sensing Based on Fluorescence Resonance
          Energy Transfer (FRET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
          10.7.l. Unlinked Donor-Acceptor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
          10.7.2. Linked Donor-Acceptor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
          10.7.3. Macromolecules Labeled by Donor and Acceptor . . . . . 327
    10.8. Summary and Prospects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
          References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329


11. Fiber Optic Fluorescence Thermometry

    K. T. V. Grattan and Z. Y. Zhang

    11.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
          11.1.1. Fiber Optic Temperature Measurement. . . . . . . . . . 335
          11.1.2. Fiber Optic Sensor Devices for Temperature 
                  Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
    11.2. Fluorescence-Based Fiber Optic Thermometry . . . . . . . . . . 338
          11.2.1. Photoluminescence in Fiber Optic Thermometry . . . . . 338
          11.2.2. Classes of Fluorescent Materials for
                  Fluorescence Thermometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
          11.2.3. Early Fluorescence Thermometer Schemes . . . . . . . . 339
          11.2.4. Fluorescence Lifetime-Based Schemes. . . . . . . . . . 342
          11.2.5. Pulse Measurement of Fluorescence Lifetime . . . . . . 342
          11.2.6. Phase and Modulation Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . 347
          11.2.7. Phase-Locked Detection of Fluorescence Lifetime. . . . 348
    11.3. Solid-State Materials for Fluorescence Thermometry . . . . . . 351
          11.3.1. Cr3+-Based Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
          11.3.2. Optical Arrangement of Fluorescence
                  Lifetime Thermometers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
          11.3.3. Ruby-Based Thermometer with Range from 20 
                  to 600 C deg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
          11.3.4. Alexandrite-Based Thermometer with Range 
                  -100-700 C deg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
          11.3.5. Cr:LiSAF-Based Thermometer for Biomedical 
                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
          11.3.6. Discussion of Cr3+ Doping Effects in Thermometry . . . 365
          11.3.7. Cross-Referencing of Fluorescence Thermometry with
                  Blackbody Radiation Pyrometry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
    11.4. Discussion and Cross-Comparison of Experimental Devices. . . . 370
          11.4.1. Cross-Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
          11.4.2. Assessment of Fiber Optic Thermometers . . . . . . . . 371
          References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373


12. Instrumentation for Red/Near-Infrared Fluorescence

    David J. S. Birch and Graham Hungerford

    12.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
    12.2. Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
          12.2.1. Steady-State Spectra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
          12.2.2. Lifetimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
          12.2.3. Anisotropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
          12.2.4. Microscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
          12.2.5. Multiwavelength Array Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . 386
          12.2.6. Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
          12.2.7. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography . . . . . . . . 390
    12.3. Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
          12.3.1. Lamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
          12.3.2. Flashlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
          12.3.3. Light-Emitting Diodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
          12.3.4. Diode Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
          12.3.5. Other Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
    12.4. Detectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
          12.4.1. Photomultipliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
          12.4.2. Microchannel Plate Photomultipliers. . . . . . . . . . 404
          12.4.3. Streak Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
          12.4.4. Photodiodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
          12.4.5. Avalanche Photodiodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
    12.5. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
          References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

13. Application of Fluorescence Sensing to Bioreactors

    Govind Rao, Shabbir B. Bambot, Simon C. W. Kwong,
    Henryk Szmacinski, Jeffrey Sipior, Raja Holavanahali, and Gary Carter

    13.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
    13.2. Dissolved Oxygen Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
    13.3. pH Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
    13.4. pCO2 Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
    13.5. Glucose Sensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
    13.6. Off-Gas Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
    13.7. Biomass Concentration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
    13.8. Culture Fluorescence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
          13.8.l. Biomass Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
          13.8.2. Substrate Addition/Depletion Responses . . . . . . . . 425
          13.8.3. Aerobic-Anaerobic Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
    13.9. Other Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
    13.10.The Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
          13.10.1. Cost Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
          13.10.2. Fluorescence Lifetime-Based Oxygen Sensor . . . . . . 432
          13.10.3. pH Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
          13.10.4. Glucose Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
          13.10.5. Utilization of Low-Cost Red LED and
                   Laser Diode Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
          References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444


14. Principles of Fluorescence Immunoassay

    Alvydas J. Ozinskas

    14.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
    14.2. Fluorescence Inimunoassay Reagents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
          14.2.1. Antibodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
          14.2.2. Fluorescent Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
    14.3. Fluorescence Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
    14.4. Immunoassays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
    14.5. Fluorescence Immunoassay Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
          14.5.1. Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassays . . . . . . . . 461
          14.5.2. Time-Resolved Fluorescence Immunoassays. . . . . . . . 465
          14.5.3. Fluorescence Energy Transfer Immunoassays. . . . . . . 469
          14.5.4. Phase-Modulation Fluoroimmunoassays. . . . . . . . . . 473
          14.5.5. Liposome Fluoroimmunoassays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
          14.5.6. Fluoroimmunosensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
    14.6. Discussion and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
          References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

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