Table 1.
Excited |LU1> electron decay (e) and |HO1> refill lifetimes of YOYO-1 in (A) water, (B) DMSO, and (C) DNA solution.
| Pre-exponential factor (%) | Lifetimes (ps) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | τ1 | τ2 | τ3 | τ4 (ns) | ||
| (A) | LU | 60(2) | 23(3) | 13(1) | 4(1) | 2.3(0.1) | 33(2) | 146(29) | 1.2(0.2) |
| HO | −55(1) | −45(5) | −11(2) | 26(4) | 143(12) | 1.5(0.1) | |||
| (B) | LU | 42(5) | 45(3) | 9(2) | 4(1) | 0.7(0.5) | 6.8(1) | 29(2) | 0.5(0.1) |
| HO | −82(1) | −18(1) | 22(1) | 2.1(0.3) | |||||
| (C) | LU | 21(2) | 42(2) | 37(3) | 2(1) | 390(20) | 6.2(0.8) | ||
| HO | −13(2) | −43(3) | −44(2) | 4(1) | 410(40) | 8.2(1.2) | |||
Note. See supporting information Fig. S6 for an example fitting of each. (Error) represents the standard deviation of two different samples and multiple fittings. All fittings have R2>0.98.