Review Article

Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence and FRET in Multilayer Core-Shell Nanoparticles

Table 1

Parameter values used for the calculation of the metal-enhanced quantum yield of eosin in Ag@SiO2@SiO2 + EiTC NPs.

(ns) (ns) (s−1) (s−1) (or ) (s−1)

0.572.830.228 0.97

Definition of headers: 0 is the unmodified quantum yield of eosin in solution, is the metal-enhanced lifetime of eosin in core-shell NPs, is the nonradiative decay rate, is the radiative decay of eosin in solution, (or ) represents the metal-enhanced radiative decay rate of eosin in core-shell NPs, and is the metal-enhanced quantum yield of eosin in core-shell NPs.