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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2012 May 16;4(6):2847–2854. doi: 10.1021/am300467w

Table 2.

Photochemical decomposition quantum yields (η) and figure of merits (FM) of SQ 1, SQ 2, and Cy5 in DMSO and aqueous micelles.

Solvent Dye ε ΦFL δ2PA η ΦFL·δ2PA FM
DMSO SQ 1 3.10E+05 0.11 20000 1.84E−06 2200 1.20E+09
SQ 2 2.90E+05 0.62 6000 2.74E−05 3720 1.36E+08
Cy5 4.00E+05 0.45 500 2.37E−06 225 9.49E+07

Micelle SQ 1 5.50E+04 0.005 3500 4.60E−05 17.5 3.80E+05
SQ 2 1.00E+05 0.004 2000 6.50E−05 8 1.23E+05
Cy5 1.50E+05 0.017 100 4.38E−04 1.7 3.88E+03