Re: Fluorophore excitable with 405nm and 488nm lines

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On 6/2/2011 5:16 PM, Boswell, Carl A - (cboswell) wrote:

> I just went through the effort of finding some uranyl glass to use as a fluorescent standard for a 2P imaging system.  The biggest difficulty was finding some.  After searching for and calling various commercial concerns, I managed to get a couple of pieces from scrap that the glassblowers in the Chemistry Dept. had stashed for special use.  Any idea on current sources of this material?

Other than an antique store (--uranium glass was used for its yellow or
green color in years past), no.  We have a uranium glass slide in our
facility but I hadn't thought about current availability--oops.

Perhaps Daniel should go with Julio's suggestions!

Martin

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