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Everything about Fret
Bar across the neck of stringed instruments
A fret is any of the thin strips of material, usually metal wire, inserted laterally at specific positions along the neck or fretboard of a stringed instrument. Frets usually extend across the full width of the neck. On some historical instruments and non-European instruments, frets are made of pieces of string tied around the neck. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: FretA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: On-demand modulating afterglow color of water-soluble polymers through phosphorescence FRET for multicolor security printingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Iron manThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A practical guide to single-molecule FRETCited 2,105 times
- Go sideways: FingerboardA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Neck (music)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
Verb To chafe or irritate; to worry.
Verb To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
Verb In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A practical guide to single-molecule FRET
FRET imaging
Self-assembled nanoscale biosensors based on quantum dot FRET donors
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based small-molecule sensors and imaging agents
FRET-Based Small-Molecule Fluorescent Probes: Rational Design and Bioimaging Applications
An improved cyan fluorescent protein variant useful for FRET
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy imaging of live cell protein localizations
Fluorescent protein FRET: the good, the bad and the ugly
🆕 Influential since 2022
On-demand modulating afterglow color of water-soluble polymers through phosphorescence FRET for multicolor security printing
FRET Based Biosensor: Principle Applications Recent Advances and Challenges
Reliability and accuracy of single-molecule FRET studies for characterization of structural dynamics and distances in proteins
Self-designed portable dual-mode fluorescence device with custom python-based analysis software for rapid detection via dual-color FRET aptasensor with IoT capabilities
Optimizing Upconversion Nanoparticles for FRET Biosensing
📚 Books worth reading
Iron manTony Iommi, TONY IOMMI · 2011
Acoustic Blues Guitar StylesLarry Sandberg · 2006
Guitar Fretboard WorkbookBarrett Tagliarino · 2003
TamburaDušan Brankov, Maja Volk · 1998
Guitar fretboard atlasJoe Charupakorn · 2014- 📕Ultimate guitar scale decoderJoe Charupakorn · 2014
- 📕Fretboard theoryDesi Serna · 2008
- 📕Preliminary study on fatigue strengths of fretted Ti-48Al-2Cr-2NbKazuhisa Miyoshi · 2002
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