TABLE 5.

Multiexponential Analysis of the DAPI Donor Intensity Decay in the Absence and Presence of Acceptor and Silver Islands

Sample	$\overline{\tau }$ (ns)a	α1	τ1 (ns)	a2	τ2 (ns)	α3	τ3 (ns)	${\chi }_{\text{R}}^2$
DAPI-DNA, C	2.93	0.278	0.63	0.722	3.11	—	—	2.1
DAPI-DNA, Q	2.80	0.311	0.16	0.391	1.15	0.298	3.62	2.2
DAPI-DNA, S	2.39	0.447	0.09	0.414	1.29	0.139	3.70	2.1
DAPI-AO-DNA, C	2.56	0.497	0.50	0.503	2.91	—	—	3.5
DAPI-AO-DNA, Q	2.31	0.449	0.24	0.419	1.64	0.132	3.71	2.4
DAPI-AO-DNA, S	1.37	0.599	0.09	0.293	0.59	0.108	2.22	4.0

^a$\overline{\tau }={\Sigma }_i{f}_i{\tau }_2$, f_i = α_if_i/Σ f_iτ_i.