Abstract
Deviations from the usual R −6 dependence of the rate of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) on the distance between the donor and the acceptor have been a common scenario in the recent times. In this paper, we present a critical analysis of the distance dependence of FRET, and try to illustrate the non-R −6 type behaviour of the rate for the case of transfer from a localized electronic excitation on the donor, a dye molecule to three different energy acceptors with delocalized electronic excitations namely, graphene, a two-dimensional semiconducting sheet and the case of such a semiconducting sheet rolled to obtain a nanotube. We use simple analytic models to understand the distance dependence in each case.
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Swathi, R.S., Sebastian, K.L. Distance dependence of fluorescence resonance energy transfer. J Chem Sci 121, 777–787 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-009-0092-x
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