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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 14.
Published in final edited form as: Rev Sci Instrum. 2003 Dec 22;75(1):151–162. doi: 10.1063/1.1634354

TABLE III.

Fluorescence lifetime values of typical biomolecules.

Sample Peak Laguerre (ns) Multiexponential (ns) Literature values (ns)a
(nm) Lifetime Lifetime τ 1 τ 2 Lifetime τ 1 τ 2
Elastinb 410 1.96 2.11 5.84 1.50 2.50 5.20–7.36 1.12–1.63
Collagenb 420 1.42 1.151 4.68 0.69 1.05 4.9 0.6
NADHc 450 0.30 0.34 0.3–0.4
FADc 540 1.88 2.07 2.3–2.85
a

References 1, 8, 12, and 40.

b

Dry form.

c

10−6 M PBS solution.