Table 1.

Photophysical properties of NIR dyes in DMSO

Dye	λabs (nm),a	λem (nm),b	ε (M−1cm−1),c	Φ,d
LS601	769	800	161,000	0.20
ICG	794	817	286,000	0.12e

^aλ_abs – absorption maxima,

^bλ_em – emission maxima,

^cε - molar absorptivity at the λ_abs,

^dΦ-fluorescence quantum yield,

^eref⁴⁴