State-of-the Art Comparability of Corrected Emission Spectra.1. Spectral Correction with Physical Transfer Standards and Spectral Fluorescence Standards by Expert Laboratories

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• 作者：Ute Resch-Genger ; Wolfram Bremser ; Dietmar Pfeifer ; Monika Spieles ; Angelika Hoffmann ; Paul C. DeRose ; Joanne C. Zwinkels ; Fran莽ois Gauthier ; Bernd Ebert ; R. Dieter Taubert ; Christian Monte ; Jan Voigt ; J枚rg Hollandt ; Rainer Macdonald
• 刊名：Analytical Chemistry
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：May 1, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：84
• 期：9
• 页码：3889-3898
• 全文大小：506K
• 年卷期：v.84,no.9(May 1, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-6882

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The development of fluorescence applications in the life and material sciences has proceeded largely without sufficient concern for the measurement uncertainties related to the characterization of fluorescence instruments. In this first part of a two-part series on the state-of-the-art comparability of corrected emission spectra, four National Metrology Institutes active in high-precision steady-state fluorometry performed a first comparison of fluorescence measurement capabilities by evaluating physical transfer standard (PTS)-based and reference material (RM)-based calibration methods. To identify achievable comparability and sources of error in instrument calibration, the emission spectra of three test dyes in the wavelength region from 300 to 770 nm were corrected and compared using both calibration methods. The results, obtained for typical spectrofluorometric (0掳/90掳 transmitting) and colorimetric (45掳/0掳 front-face) measurement geometries, demonstrated a comparability of corrected emission spectra within a relative standard uncertainty of 4.2% for PTS- and 2.4% for RM-based spectral correction when measurements and calibrations were performed under identical conditions. Moreover, the emission spectra of RMs F001 to F005, certified by BAM, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, were confirmed. These RMs were subsequently used for the assessment of the comparability of RM-based corrected emission spectra of field laboratories using common commercial spectrofluorometers and routine measurement conditions in part 2 of this series (subsequent paper in this issue).