Shedding Light on Luminescence Lifetime Measurement and Associated Data Treatment
Luminescence lifetime is a crucial parameter in photophysical studies that bears essential physical and chemical information and that is used to quantify a variety of phenomena, from the determination of quenching mechanisms to temperature sensing and bioimaging. The current perception of lifetime m...
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| description | Luminescence lifetime is a crucial parameter in photophysical studies that bears essential physical and chemical information and that is used to quantify a variety of phenomena, from the determination of quenching mechanisms to temperature sensing and bioimaging. The current perception of lifetime measurement is that it is a trivial and fast experiment. However, despite this apparent simplicity, measuring luminescence decay and fitting the obtained data to a suitable model can be far more intricate. In this perspective, the influence of experimental parameters and fitting procedures on the determination of lifetimes are investigated and, through carefully chosen examples, it is shown that large variations, up to 10%, can be induced by varying parameters such as the data acquisition time, the baseline evaluation, or the mathematical fitting model. In order to present to a wider audience, detailed mathematical descriptions are kept out of the manuscript. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-66e565eb5a804cd5b217e7decfaab0fe2025-02-06T08:56:39ZengWiley-VCHAdvanced Photonics Research2699-92932025-02-0162n/an/a10.1002/adpr.202400081Shedding Light on Luminescence Lifetime Measurement and Associated Data TreatmentWaygen Thor0Jean‐Claude G. Bünzli1Ka‐Leung Wong2Peter A. Tanner3Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong S.A.R.Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong S.A.R.Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong S.A.R.Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong S.A.R.Luminescence lifetime is a crucial parameter in photophysical studies that bears essential physical and chemical information and that is used to quantify a variety of phenomena, from the determination of quenching mechanisms to temperature sensing and bioimaging. The current perception of lifetime measurement is that it is a trivial and fast experiment. However, despite this apparent simplicity, measuring luminescence decay and fitting the obtained data to a suitable model can be far more intricate. In this perspective, the influence of experimental parameters and fitting procedures on the determination of lifetimes are investigated and, through carefully chosen examples, it is shown that large variations, up to 10%, can be induced by varying parameters such as the data acquisition time, the baseline evaluation, or the mathematical fitting model. In order to present to a wider audience, detailed mathematical descriptions are kept out of the manuscript.https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400081experimental parametersfitting procedurekinetic modellifetimeluminescence |
| spellingShingle | Waygen Thor Jean‐Claude G. Bünzli Ka‐Leung Wong Peter A. Tanner Shedding Light on Luminescence Lifetime Measurement and Associated Data Treatment Advanced Photonics Research experimental parameters fitting procedure kinetic model lifetime luminescence |
| title | Shedding Light on Luminescence Lifetime Measurement and Associated Data Treatment |
| title_full | Shedding Light on Luminescence Lifetime Measurement and Associated Data Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Shedding Light on Luminescence Lifetime Measurement and Associated Data Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shedding Light on Luminescence Lifetime Measurement and Associated Data Treatment |
| title_short | Shedding Light on Luminescence Lifetime Measurement and Associated Data Treatment |
| title_sort | shedding light on luminescence lifetime measurement and associated data treatment |
| topic | experimental parameters fitting procedure kinetic model lifetime luminescence |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400081 |
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