A Description of the Electrostatic Interactions of Fluorophores With Polar Solvents Based on A Gaussian Distribution of Interaction Energies (Danca, Prodan)

The dipole moments of a fluorophore in the ground and excited states arise from partial charges localized on specific parts of the molecule. These charges are considered to be monopoles which interact independently with solvent dipoles. The orientation of a solvent dipole with respect to each monopole is given by the Langevin function, assuming a Gaussian distribution of interaction energies. A mathematical description of the solvent dependence of electronic spectra of fluorophores is developed which involves mainly parameters which characterize the electrostatic monopole dipole interaction.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Biochemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Macgregor, Robert Burns, Jr.

• Biophysics, General

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8309978

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70520