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Published in final edited form as: Chem Soc Rev. 2021 Jul 22;50(17):9794–9816. doi: 10.1039/d1cs00017a

Table 1.

Photophysical properties of the fluorophores discussed in this review.

Fluorophore	absorbance (λ_max, nm)	fluorescence (λ_max, nm)	extinction co-efficient (M⁻¹ cm⁻¹)	Quantum Yield (%)

BODIPY	503	509	92,000	0.97
SiRh	651	671	100,000	0.39
porphyrin	665	670	100,000	0.20
Cy3	550	570	150,000	0.04
Cy5	650	670	250,000	0.27
aza-BODIPY	706	730	80,000	0.14
Cy7	750	770	200,000	0.3