ArticleCommunications chemistry2025
Underlying charge-transfer mechanism of visible light emission in guanine crystals.
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- A Novel Label-Free Fluorescent Turn-on Method for the Determination of Guanine Using Levodopa.Journal of fluorescence · 2026Article
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Abstract
Biogenic guanine crystals found in various aquatic and terrestrial animals, show unique optical properties that include structural coloration as well as reflectance and have intrigued researchers for over a century. Besides the highly reflective nature of these organic crystals, guanine-rich parts of certain organisms (fishes, geckos, etc.) show emission in the visible region upon UV light exposure. This fluorescence is used by these organisms for intra-specific signaling. However, there is no available literature regarding the occurrence and origin of visible light emission in guanine crystals. Earlier reports suggest that guanine, when excited at its absorption maxima (254 nm), emit in the UV region (λ
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