TITLE:
3D Fluorescence Characterization of Synthetic Organic Dyes
AUTHORS:
Leonard J. Soltzberg, Sandy Lor, Nnennaya Okey-Igwe, Richard Newman
KEYWORDS:
Fluorescence; Spectrophotometry; Dye Analysis; MALDI-TOF; Mass Spectrometry
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Analytical Chemistry,
Vol.3 No.9,
September
28,
2012
ABSTRACT: The identification of dyes is important in research on museum artefacts as well as in forensic applications. UV-visible absorption spectroscopy cannot unambiguously distinguish dyes with similar hues, while mass spectrometry may fail to distinguish isobaric dyes. The detailed patterns produced by 3D fluorescence spectroscopy appear to be virtually unique, even among dyes that are closely related positional isomers. We report these patterns for 65 dyes from the Schweppe Library of Synthetic Organic Dyes as well as measurements suggesting both the capabilities and limitations of this method.