Choose a tandem by donor system and acceptor emission. Account for lot, fixation and single-color controls in multicolor assays; peak positions do not replace a full spectral reference.
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Match donor excitation and acceptor emission and confirm the tandem material’s activation state. Establish compensation or unmixing with the actual conjugate, matching lot and processing, and monitor donor leakage.
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Conjugate tandem material while preserving donor and acceptor
This page lists tandem fluorescent materials. The RPE and APC tandem manuals provide SMCC-mediated antibody-coupling examples; follow separate instructions for preactivated material and other donor products.
Prepare target-antibody thiols and tandem-material maleimide separately, remove reductant and free linker, then couple. Calculate inputs for the actual material molecular weight and activation state.
Refrigerate RPE/APC material protected from light and avoid freeze–thaw as instructed. Confirm storage of the purified conjugate for its final formulation.
Use the actual conjugate for compensation and unmixing
The donor determines the main excitation route and the acceptor the main output band. Nearby emission peaks do not make spectral references interchangeable between tandems.
Use a lot- and processing-matched single-stain reference for each final tandem conjugate. Recheck compensation or unmixing after changing lot or fixation/permeabilization.
Monitor both acceptor signal and donor-channel background. If acceptor signal falls while donor leakage rises, assess light, processing and storage effects on the tandem before interpreting target expression.
These papers and manufacturer methods are selected for the current product use. Their reagents, conditions and parameters belong to the reported systems, not to measured Qihe product performance or universal operating conditions.
Tandem-dye donor leakage, processing stability and controls
R&D Systems · Tandem Dye-Conjugated Antibodies FAQs
The source concerns conjugated antibodies and informs energy transfer, degradation and lot-matched controls. Qihe’s tandem series contains labeling reagents; validate the final conjugate with lot- and process-matched single stains. The source is not a raw-reagent conjugation recipe.
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Spectra, measurement conditions and detection settings for the exact catalog number.
Certificate of analysis (CoA)
Lot-specific test results. Include the lot number from the vial.
Safety data sheet (SDS)
Handling, storage and emergency response information.
Frequently asked questions
Why select PE-Cy7 and APC-Cy7 separately when their emissions are close?
The donor determines the main excitation route and the acceptor the main output band. Check donor, laser and collection window together. A shared Cy7 acceptor does not make excitation conditions or spectral references interchangeable.
Can tandem material use a small-molecule NHS antibody-labeling procedure?
These products are tandem fluorescent materials. RPE/APC instructions give SMCC-mediated examples: prepare material maleimide and antibody thiols separately, remove residual linker and reductant, then couple. Handle preactivated material according to its supplied reactive group.
Can a PerCP tandem directly use the PE/APC coupling recipe?
A PE/APC example does not establish conditions for PerCP. Confirm PerCP material activation, molecular weight and formulation, then use its own coupling and purification information. The final conjugate still needs a matching single-stain reference.
Can I reuse another lot’s or an unfixed sample’s single-stain reference?
Tandem spectra can depend on lot and processing. Use the actual conjugate with matching lot and fixation/permeabilization for compensation or unmixing, and recheck after changes rather than reusing a reference by dye name alone.
What should I check if acceptor signal falls while the donor channel gets brighter?
Check whether light, fixation/permeabilization or storage has altered the tandem, comparing matching single stains and fresh samples. Acceptor loss with increased donor leakage does not directly establish altered target expression. Store material and conjugate according to their own formulations.
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