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. 2014 Sep 5;3(5):199–205. doi: 10.1002/open.201402021

Table 5.

Lifetime of the pyrene monomer, M*, E* and CS * of CS@Py registered for the different solvents in the presence of increasing oxygen concentrations.

Solvent [O2] ML* MS* E* CS*
mm τ1 [ns] τ2 [ns] τg [ns] τd [ns] τCS [ns][a]
Hexane 0[b] 3.1 14.7 65.5±5 20.7±0.8 24.0±0.9 5.2±0.4 2.9±0.2 3.2±0.1 5.6±0.6 –[c][c] 46.9±1 15.1±0.2 4.2±0.1 32.9±4 33.1±5 28.7±3
Dichloromethane 0[b] 2.2 10.7 34.3±2 25.2±0.3 –[c] 3.7±0.3 1.8±0.1 –[c] 4.0±3 9.7±1 –[c] 58.8±4 30.4±0.5 11.0±0.3 35.1±8 29.6±3 27.4±5
Ethyl acetate 0[b] 1.9 8.89 73.9±2 24.5±2 23.1±1 13.2±1 8.2±0.7 3.3±0.1 9.2±0.1 6.7±1 4.1±0.2 49.8±0.5 18.9±0.6 5.8±0.2 17.6±4 16.3±3 16.1±5
Tetrahydrofuran 0[b] 2.1 10.0 84.9±2 23.5±1 28.1±1 14.3±1 11.0±2 4.8±0.2 19.0±2 10.5±0.4 3.1±0.1 58.0±1 21.2±0.5 8.1±0.2 30.4±5 32.6±8 31.5±9
Chloroform 0[b] 2.4 11.5 34.8±1 41.6±1 25.0±3 13.1±2 15.4±1 5.0±0.2 13.0±0.3 15.2±0.9 3.47±0.7 39.0±1 19.8±0.8 9.2±0.6 32.9±5 32.2±6 25.3±4
Toluene 0[b] 2.1 9.9 89.8±6 60.5±2 27.3±4 20.1±1 13.9±0.5 3.6±0.2 22.6±1 10.0±0.5 4.4±0.2 58.6±2 22.5±0.6 6.0±0.2 23.7±5 23.0±4 17.7±7
Dioxane 0[b] 1.3 6.3 81.1±2 39.9±1 26.3±3 21.8±1 13.2±2 11.3±1 24.2±3 14.7±0.6 6.3±0.5 63.2±4 38.4±0.8 15.5±0.8 38.9±4 33.3±8 27.9±7

[a] Average lifetime calculated as τavAiτi2Aiτi. [b] Under nitrogen atmosphere. [c] The lifetime value was close to that of the detection limit of the instrument (<1 ns).