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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces. 2007 Feb 8;111(5):1955–1961. doi: 10.1021/jp063996u

TABLE 3.

Lifetime Data for Ru-Labeled Silica Bead (1 × 102 μM) and Its Silver Shell.

samples τi (ns) αi 〈τ〉 (ns) χR2
1 × 102 μM Ru(bpy)32+ in bare bead 49.2
568.4		 0.647
0.353		 497.3 1.2
10 nm silver shell 41.1
230.9		 0.762
0.238		 161.9 1.4
20 nm silver shell 34.1
200.8		 0.772
0.228		 139.9 1.4
30 nm silver shell 33.0
209.7		 0.800
0.200		 141.4 0.9
40 nm silver shell 33.3
200.02		 0.787
0.213		 136.7 1.5
50 nm silver shell 32.6
206.9		 0.799
0.201		 139.8 1.3