chromophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

that part of the molecule of a dye responsible for its colour
(more generally) the group of atoms in a molecule in which the electronic transition responsible for a given spectral band is located

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chromophore chromophores

From chromo- + -phore.

chromatophore luminophore

azochromophore chromophoric interchromophore multichromophore

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