Direct excitation of tryptophan phosphorescence. A new method for triplet states investigation

METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN FLUORESCENCE(2022)

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Abstract
We studied room temperature phosphorescence of tryptophan (TRP) embedded in poly (vinyl alcohol) films. With UV (285 nm) excitation, the phosphorescence spectrum of tryptophan appears at about 460 nm. We also observed the TRP phosphorescence with blue light excitation at 410 nm, well outside of the S-0 -> S-1 absorption. This excitation reaches the triplet state of tryptophan directly without the involvement of the singlet excited state. The phosphorescence lifetime of tryptophan is in the sub-millisecond range. The long-wavelength direct excitation to the triplet state results in high phosphorescence anisotropy which can be useful in macromolecule dynamics study via time-resolved phosphorescence.
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phosphorescence, direct excitation, fluorescence, poly (vinyl alcohol)
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