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. 2009 Jul 8;97(1):211–226. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.065

Table 3.

Lifetimes of the solvated electron in all samples at different pH values

Molecule pH Mean lifetime Lifetimes and pre-exponential factors for triple exponential global fitting χ2/DoF R2
τ1 (μs) τ2 (μs) τ3 (μs)
Tryptophan 0.17 ±0.01 1.11 ±0.045 2.93 ±0.07 1.4126E-6 0.99469
τ〉(μs) α1 α2 α3
4.0 1.0 0.98 ±0.01 0.00 ±0.02 0.02 ±0.01
7.5 1.1 0.05 ±0.02 0.95 ±0.02 0.00 ±0.03
8.5 2.3 0.00 ±0.01 0.61 ±0.02 0.39 ±0.02
10.0 2.8 0.00 ±0.01 0.23 ± 0.03 0.77 ±0.02



τ1 (μs) τ2 (μs) τ3 (μs)
Lysozyme 0.13 ±0.01 0.716 ±0.04 1.61 ±0.14 1.565E-6 0.97039
τ〉(μs) α1 α2 α3
4.0 0.3 0.99 ±0.02 0.00 ±0.04 0.01 ±0.02
7.5 0.7 0.03 ±0.03 0.97 ±0.04 0.00 ±0.05
8.5 0.8 0.00 ±0.03 0.97 ±0.04 0.03 ±0.05
10.0 1.6 0.03 ±0.05 0.00 ± 0.15 0.97 ±0.12



τ1 (μs) τ2 (μs) τ3 (μs)
Cutinase 0.15 ±0.01 0.97 ±0.07 2.11 ±0.13 1.0213E-6 0.97276
τ〉(μs) α1 α2 α3
4.0 0.3 1.00 ±0.03 0.00 ±0.05 0.01 ±0.03
8.5 1.0 0.00 ±0.03 1.00 ±0.06 0.00 ±0.07
10.0 2.1 0.00 ±0.03 0.00 ±0.11 1.00 ±0.09

The lifetimes, their normalized weights, and the associated errors were obtained from global fits of the decay data for each molecule. The mean lifetime as a function of pH, as well as goodness-of-fit parameters for each dataset, are presented. The dominant lifetime is in bold.