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. 2019 Jun 3;9:8250. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44760-9

Table 1.

Comparison of the optical properties of the dyes in solvents of different polarity.

Hexane (Polarity index = 0.0) Dioxane (Polarity index = 4.8) Water (Polarity index = 9.0) μe − μg/D (DFT calculation) μe − μg/D (Lippert Mataga)
λem,max (nm) λex,max (nm) Δν (cm−1) λem,max (nm) λex,max (nm) Δν (cm−1) λem,max (nm) λex,max (nm) Δν (cm−1) ε (M−1cm−1) ΦF (%) Δλem (nm)
AO* 498 412 4191 500 426 3474 526 492 1313 44000 15 28 2a 2.27a
ICAAc 503 418 4158 515 431 3784 553 466 3376 10132 1.8 53 6.1 5.6 ± 1.4
monoMICAAc 491 425 3163 515 437 3466 554 472 3136 5196 2.9 63 6.8 8.1 ± 0.8
diMICAAc 514 447 2916 539 456 3377 576 497 2760 13344 0.4 62 7.9 8.9 ± 1.1

Emission (λem,max), excitation (λex,max) maxima, Stokes shift (Δν), molar absorbance (ε) and quantum yield (ΦF), as well as theoretically calculated and experimentally estimated dipole moment difference data. aTaken from ref.38. *The optical data of AO was obtained from ref.39.