What is Forster radius?
Posted April 7, 2021
Answer
Forster radius is the distance between donor and acceptor fluorophore for 50% FRET efficiency. In other words, it represents the molecular separation at which energy transfer is 50% efficient. Forster radius is indicated as R0 and depends on the molecular orientation of the fluorophores and the overlap integral between donor emission and acceptor absorption spectrum.
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