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Published in final edited form as: Plasmonics. 2008 Mar 1;3(1):3–11. doi: 10.1007/s11468-007-9047-6

Table 1.

Lifetime data obtained using the biexponential model for the CdTe nanocrystals bound with or without the metal particles

Samples	τ_i (ns)	α_i	<τ> (ns)	χ_R²
CdTe nanocrystal in water	1.70 24.25	0.647 0.353	21.69	1.13
Qdot-Au complexes methylene number
0	2.23 16.53	0.764 0.236	12.19	1.29
3	2.44 17.88	0.695 0.305	14.21	1.18
6	3.22 18.64	0.632 0.368	15.11	1.50
8	2.86 20.40	0.664 0.336	16.59	1.09