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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 110, Issue 12, Pages 6351-6358Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp057073v
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We report here on the motional and fluorescence lifetime dynamics of the chromophore NBDHA (6-(N-(7nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)amino)hexanoic acid) in neat solvents and in aqueous solutions containing unilamellar vesicles of varying composition. We measure the transient response of this chromophore by time-correlated sin-le-photon counting, using one- and two-photon excitation to resolve the Cartesian components of the rotational diffusion constant, D. Our experimental data for NBDHA in selected solvents of varying viscosity demonstrate that one- and two-photon excitation probe different components of the rotational diffusion constant and that this chromophore reorients as a prolate rotor with an aspect ratio of similar to 2. For NBDHA in aqueous solutions containing unilamellar vesicles of varying composition, we recover the same reorientation behavior regardless of vesicle composition. Fluorescence lifetime and steady-state fluorescence data show the chromophore to reside in a polar environment that is different from neat water. We understand these data in the context of the chromophore residing in close proximity to the unilamellar vesicle polar headgroups in all cases.
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