Figure 3.

Excimer to monomer ratio of PyPC. A) Example of a smoothed and normalized fluorescence emission spectrum showing the areas (A₁, A₂ and A₃) employed to evaluate the ratio between the excimer and monomer of PyPC (E/M). Dotted lines indicate the average boundary wavelengths at which the absolute value of the first derivative of the spectrum reached a minimum. Temperature and excitation wavelength were 25°C and 340 nm, respectively. B) Estimated E/M ratios by relating the areas of the spectra using one of the two procedures shown in the legend. Error bars represent the S.D. of two independent samples. Arrows indicate the E/M values for the AChR-containing sample according to each procedure of calculation.