Table 2 Values of the fluorescence quantum yield and excited-state lifetime of measured photoswitchable proteins in comparison with the literature values.

From: Absolute quantum yield measurements of fluorescent proteins using a plasmonic nanocavity

Protein

\({\Phi} _{meas}^{100\% }\)

\({\Phi} _{meas}^{50\% }\)

\({\Phi} _{lit}^{\,}\)

\(\tau _{meas}^{100\% }\left( {ns} \right)\)

\(\tau _{meas}^{50\% }\left( {ns} \right)\)

\(\tau _{meas}^{10\% }\left( {ns} \right)\)

\(\tau _{lit}^{\,}\left( {ns} \right)\)

Dreiklang

0.47 ± 0.01

0.45 ± 0.01

0.4134

2.9

2.9

2.9

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Dronpa

0.69 ± 0.01

0.71 ± 0.01

0.6831, 0.8532

3.3

3.3

3.3

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DronpaM159T

0.22 ± 0.02

0.21 ± 0.01

0.2351

1.2

1.2

1.2

0.6–0.952

rsCherry

0.22 ± 0.02

0.20 ± 0.01

0.0253, 0.00953

1.2

1.2

1.2

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rsCherryRev

0.08 ± 0.03

0.10 ± 0.01

0.00541,53, 0.00241, 0.000353

0.7

0.7

0.8

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rsEGFP

0.40 ± 0.01

0.40 ± 0.01

0.3654

1.8

1.8

1.8

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rsEGFP2

0.35 ± 0.02

0.34 ± 0.01

0.3055

2.0

2.0

2.0

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rsFastLime

0.62 ± 0.01

0.59 ± 0.01

0.6031, 0.7751

3.1

3.1

3.1

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  1. The error in all excited-state lifetime measurements did not exceed 0.1 ns.