http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Fluorophore-excitable-with-405nm-and-488nm-lines-tp6432486p6446927.html
I would like to thank everyone for their suggestions. I will try some out next week, and I'll let you know what worked for me.
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> That's pretty neat Guy! Where on earth would you find
> synthetic emerald
> though?
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> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Guy Cox
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> > Hang on, the requirement was for a sample which would measure the
> > RELATIVE intensities of 505 and 488nm lasers. Mild
> bleaching shouldn't
> > affect that. If a bit is seriously bleached, use another
> spot. A quick
> > scan at very low power will reveal that. You're doing
> pretty well if
> > you can bleach an entire slide in a lifetime - and it you do, the
> > replacement is free. I've never succeeded in bleaching
> any part but I
> > have managed to laser-ablate spots on the surface! As
> for RI mismatch -
> > well of course there is. I'll bet there is with uranyl
> glass too (but
> > in the opposite direction). But the killer with the U
> glass is that you
> > can't actually see it very well in a scanned image. If
> you really want
> > a solid-state unbleachable sample get a slice of
> emerald. I've never
> > actually tried it at 405nm but it's so bright at 488 I'm sure
> it would
> > work. Unless you have a very generous lab budget I would
> recommend the
> > synthetic version over the natural one!
> >
> > Guy
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> Michael> Sent: Friday, 3 June 2011 9:00 PM
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> > Subject: Re: Fluorophore excitable with 405nm and 488nm lines
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> > Depending on your tolerance, they may or may not be
> stable. I use these
> > all the time for aligning the microscope because they are
> great for
> > this, although there may be an issue with refractive index mismatch
> > especially with the newer TIRF objectives, but I'm not so sure
> as a
> > reproducible sample.
> > Please see
> >
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/aif/instructions/fluor-ref-> slides/01.htm and
> >
>
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/aif/instructions/zeiss/liveduo/Zaxis_bleachin> gtest/index.htm
> > for two examples of bleaching.
> > -Michael
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> > Subject: Re: Fluorophore excitable with 405nm and 488nm lines
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> > I just checked out a Chroma green fluorescent plastic slide -
> it seemed
> > to fluoresce pretty well with both uv and blue LEDs so surely that
> > should work well enough. Doesn't have the ultra-long
> lifetime problem
> > of uranyl glass. Reproducible, robust and best of all free!
> >
> > Guy
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