Theoretical analysis and computer simulation of fluorescence lifetime measurements. I. Kinetic regimes and experimental time scales |
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Authors: | Yang Shilong Cao Jianshu |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. |
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Abstract: | The configuration-controlled regime and the diffusion-controlled regime of conformation-modulated fluorescence emission are systematically studied for Markovian and non-Markovian dynamics of the reaction coordinate. A path integral simulation is used to model fluorescence quenching processes on a semiflexible chain. First-order inhomogeneous cumulant expansion in the configuration-controlled regime defines a lower bound for the survival probability, while the Wilemski-Fixman approximation in the diffusion-controlled regime defines an upper bound. Inclusion of the experimental time window of the fluorescence measurement adds another dimension to the two kinetic regimes and provides a unified perspective for theoretical analysis and experimental investigation. We derive a rigorous generalization of the Wilemski-Fixman approximation [G. Wilemski and M. Fixman, J. Chem. Phys. 60, 866 (1974)] and recover the 1/D expansion of the average lifetime derived by Weiss [G. H. Weiss, J. Chem. Phys. 80, 2880 (1984)]. |
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