Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the biophysics subtree

Non-radiative dipole-dipole energy transfer between donor and acceptor fluorophores, with efficiency E = 1/[1 + (r/R₀)⁶]. The r⁻⁶ steepness gives FRET its 'spectroscopic ruler' utility for 1–10 nm distance changes in biomolecular…

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