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Published in final edited form as: Anal Biochem. 2002 Feb 15;301(2):261–277. doi: 10.1006/abio.2001.5503

TABLE 4.

Photophysical Parameters of [Ru(bpy)₂(dppz)]²⁺ in Water–Dimethylformamide (DMF) Mixtures

% DMF (v/v)	Q^a	Q_m/Q	τ (ns)	k_nr (ns⁻¹)	Γ (ns⁻¹)	I_S/I_Q (obs)	I_S/I_Q (calc)^b
100	0.0112	2.2	139.4	0.0071	8 × 10-⁵	2.0	2.57
98	0.0085	2.9	113.4	0.0087	7.5 × 10-⁵	2.9	2.92
95	0.0054	3.4	80.2	0.0124	6.7 × 10-⁵	3.4	3.56
90	0.0027	4.3	42.2	0.0236	6.4 × 10-=	4.3	4.60
10	0.008	6.4	12.9	0.0775	6.2 × 10⁵	6.4	6.04

The quantum yields are measured relative to [Ru(bpy)₃]²⁺ in air-equilibrated water with an assumed quantum yield of 0.02.

Calculated using Eq. [A7] with G_F = 254, G_A = 16, d_m = 8 Å, and d_q = 40 Å fixed.