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We report on the properties of 1,32-dihydroxy-dotriacontane-bis-rhodamine 101 ester (Rh101C32Rh101) in lipid bilayers of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) and in liquid solvents. The results are compared with those of rhodamine 101 octadecanyl ester (Rh101C18). Both molecules are solubilized in the lipid bilayer and the Rh101 moieties are anchored in the lipid-water interface, so that the electronic transition dipole moments (S 0 ↔S 1) are oriented preferentially in the plane of the bilayer. At low concentrations of the dyes in lipid bilayers of DOPC, the fluorescence relaxation is single exponential with a lifetime of τ=4.9±0.2 ns. The relative fluorescence quantum yield of ΦC32/ΦC18 ≈ 0.95 in DOPC vesicles. These results strongly suggest that only a small fraction of the Rh101C32Rh101 molecules are quenched, by, for example, intra- or intermolecular dimers in the ground state at mole fractions of less than 0.1% in the lipid bilayers. For Rh101C32Rh101 in lipid vesicles, the steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence anisotropies are compatible with efficient intramolecular electronic energy transfer. It is concluded that nearly every Rh101C32Rh101 molecule is spanning across the lipid bilayer of DOPC.
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Karolin, J., Bogen, S.T., Johansson, L.B.Å. et al. Polarized fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy of 1,32-dihydroxy-dotriacontane-bis-rhodamine 101 ester. A new and lipid bilayer-spanning probe. J Fluoresc 5, 279–284 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00723899
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