TABLE 1.

Summary of Labeling Conditions, Loading Number of Fluorophores/Per Metal Particle, And Average Distance between Rh6G Molecules on the Surface of the Metal Particle^a

molar ratio of fluorophore/metal particle in the reaction	20	40	60	100	200	400	800
loading number of fluorophore/per particle	10	18	32	75	98	150	200
average distance between Rh6G molecules on the metal particle nm)	25.3	18.9	14.1	9.2	8.1	6.5	5.7

^aThe concentration of metal particle was 0.5 nM in solution.