About Brilliant Violet 786

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Brilliant™ Violet 786 (BV786) is a far-red-emitting tandem fluorophore that can be excited by the 405 nm Violet laser and collected using a 780/60 bandpass filter. BV750 has an excitation peak at 405 nm and an emission peak at 786 nm. Due to its unique Stokes shift, few dyes have identical or near identical excitation and emission spectrums, but the nearest alternatives are Qdot® 800 and SuperBright 780 (ThermoFisher), and Brilliant™ Violet 785 (BioLegend). What's the difference between BV785 and BV786? BV785 is a BioLegend color, while BV786 is a BD Biosciences color, but they exhibit the same spectral properties. This dye exhibits a medium level of brightness and is most often used in flow cytometry. Older instruments may not be set up for a dye with such a large Stokes shift, however BV786 is especially well suited for spectral cytometers or sorters. This dye is part of the Brilliant™ Violet dye line of fluorescent polymers. Brilliant™ Violet 421 polymer is employed as the donor molecule in a series of tandem dyes with acceptor molecules emitting at various points across the visible light spectrum. The Brilliant™ Violet dyes are a superior alternative to QDot nanocrystals and similar to SuperNova dye from Beckman Coulter and StarBright dyes from Bio-Rad.

Alternative Dyes to Brilliant Violet 786

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StarBright Violet 790 SuperBright 780 SuperNova v786 Qdot 800

Dyes similar to Brilliant Violet 786 based on emission

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APC-CF750 APC-CF750T APC-Cy7 APC-Fire 750 APC-H7 APC-eFluor 780 Brilliant Blue 790-P Brilliant Violet 785 CF750 CF754 CF770T CellBrite NIR750 Cy7 DiR DyLight 750 DyLight 800 Ghost Dye Red 780 HiLyte 750 IRDye 800CW Live-or-Dye 750/777 Live/Dead Fix Near IR (780) MaxLight 750 MemBrite Fix ST 755/777 PE-Cy7 ReadiLink 750-780 RealBlue 780 Seta-750-NHS Seta-APC-780 StarBright UltraViolet 795 StarBright Violet 790 StarBright Yellow 800 SuperBright 780 SuperNova v786 SureLight PE Cyanine 7.0 eFluor 780 Fix Viability iFluor 750