. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 5.

Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces. 2009 Oct 5;113(43):18552–18561. doi: 10.1021/jp9060329

Table I. Selected characteristics of the quantum dot - fluorescent protein pairs used in this study.

Quantum Dot Donor			Fluorescent Protein Acceptor
QD λ_max emission	Quantum yield	Conjugation strategy	Protein acceptor	λ_max absorption	λ_max emission	Extinction coeff. (M^-1cm^-1)	Quantum yield	R₀	r
510 nm	12 %	Metal-affinity	YFP	516 nm	529 nm	20,200	60 %	39Å	62 Å
550 nm	20 %	Metal-affinity	mCherry	587 nm	610 nm	71,000	22 %	49Å	56 Å
520 nm	20 %	Biotin/Streptavidin	b-PE	545,565 nm	575 nm	2,410,000	98 %	44Å^*	---
540 nm	19 %	Biotin/Streptavidin	b-PE	545,565 nm	575 nm	2,410,000	98 %	53Å^*	---

YFP - yellow fluorescent protein, b-PE - b-phycoerythrin

R₀ calculated for interactions with a single bilin chromophore Standard deviations associated with the experimental r values were ~ 5-7%.