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. 2019 Dec 6;7:386. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00386

Table 1.

Photophysical features of typical fluorescent lifetime organic dyes.

Types of
organic dyes
Organic dyes Solvents Photophysical features References
Absorption
wavelength
Abs (nm)
Emission
wavelength
Em (nm)
Lift time
(in vitro)
(ns)
Lift time
(in vivo)
(ns)
Cyanine Cy 5 H2O 651 670 0.98 Tinnefeld et al., 2001
Cy 5.5 675 694 Martinić et al., 2017
Cy 7 755 788 Martinić et al., 2017
Cy 7.5 788 808 Martinić et al., 2017
CyNA-414 804 819 Samanta et al., 2010
ICG DMSO 794 831 1.11 0.60–0.84 Berezin et al., 2009a
D1 Methanol 786 814 Chen et al., 2006
D2 Methanol 785 813 Chen et al., 2006
D3 Methanol 784 809 Chen et al., 2006
D4 Methanol 785 807 Chen et al., 2006
D5 Methanol 784 813 Chen et al., 2006
E Methanol 782 808 Chen et al., 2006
N-CyNp HEPES 785 Wu et al., 2017
pyrrolopyrrole cyanine-BF2
(PPC-BF2)
DMSO 757 779 4.02 3.05–3.80 Berezin et al., 2009a
pyrrolopyrrole cyanine-BPh2
(PPC-BPh2)
DMSO 824 840 3.35 2.50–2.88 Berezin et al., 2009a
LS-288 Methanol 770 790 0.81 1.12 Berezin et al., 2009b
DMSO Methanol 782 810 0.76 Waddell et al., 2000
LS-277 Methanol 800 811 0.61 0.74 Berezin et al., 2009b
IR-820 Methanol 820 836 0.25 0.53 Berezin et al., 2009b
LS-276 Methanol 797 816 0.83 1.12 Berezin et al., 2009b
Cypate Methanol 792 817 0.46 0.63 Berezin et al., 2009b
Squaraine N-propanesulfonate-benzothiazolium squaraine (SQ-1) Aqueous Solution
(BSA)
660 ±1 669 ±1 3.7 ± 0.2 Zhang et al., 2013
N-propanesulfonate-benzoindolium squaraine (SQ-2) Aqueous Solution
(BSA)
675 ± 1 684 ± 1 2.6 ± 0.1 Zhang et al., 2013
Squaraine Dye 1 DMSO 706 ± 1 719 ± 1 0.51 ± 0.07 Ahn et al., 2012
Q1 THF:water (4:1) 650 676 1.24 Arunkumar et al., 2005
Q2 THF:water (4:1) 643 667 6.96 Arunkumar et al., 2005
Rhodamine dyes Rhodamine 110 Water 497 523 4.28 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
Rhodamine 123 Water 497 527 4.20 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
Rhodamine 6G Water 525 554 4.22 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
Rhodamine B Water 554 580 1.75 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
Ethyl-RB Water 552 581 1.10 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
Butyl-RB Water 558 584 1.67 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
Rhodamine 101 Water 575 604 4.91 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
LA-RB Water 562 588 1.49 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
Sulfo-RB Water 554 591 1.78 Zhang X.-F. et al., 2014
BODIPYs BODIPY dye 1 Hexane 690 693 4.49 Sun et al., 2019
BODIPY dye 2 Hexane 714 716 3.89 Sun et al., 2019
BODIPY dye A H2O 622/665 702 2.6 Zhu et al., 2013
Polymer A H2O 687 711 0.4 Zhu et al., 2013
Polymer B H2O 689 712 0.6 Zhu et al., 2013