| Literature DB >> 10461455 |
K Teuchner1, W Freyer, D Leupold, A Volkmer, D J Birch, P Altmeyer, M Stücker, K Hoffmann.
Abstract
Fluorescence of synthetic melanin in dimethyl sulfoxide has been excited by two-photon absorption at 800 nm, using 120 fs pulses with photon flux densities > or = 10(27) cm-2 s-1. The shortest main component of the three-exponential decay of fluorescence is 200 +/- 2 ps. The overall spectral shape is red-shifted with respect to the 400 nm excited fluorescence. Two-photon excited melanin fluorescence also has been measured from excised samples of healthy human skin tissue. Because of the selectivity of melanin excitation via resonant two-photon absorption, it is hypothesized that fluorescence excited in this way may yield information on malignant transformation.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10461455
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Photochem Photobiol ISSN: 0031-8655 Impact factor: 3.421