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Contrary to the solution behaviour, where the increase in the n-alkyl chains length increases to a certain extent the fluorescence emission FF and \u03c4F, on powdered solid samples a decrease of FF and \u03c4F was observed. The use of an integrating sphere enabled us to obtain absolute FF\u2019s for all the powdered samples. The main difference for liquid homogeneous samples is that the increase of the alkyl chain strongly decreases the FF values, both for thiacarbocyanines and selenocarbocyanines. A lifetime distribution analysis for the fluorescence of these dyes adsorbed onto microcrystalline cellulose, evidenced location on the ordered and crystalline part of the substrate, as well as on the more disordered region where the lifetime is smaller. The increase of the n-alkyl chains length decreases the photoisomer emission for the dyes adsorbed onto microcrystalline cellulose, as detected for high fluences of the laser excitation, for most samples.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms13010596","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,1,9]],"date-time":"2012-01-09T11:56:17Z","timestamp":1326110177000},"page":"596-611","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Surface Photochemistry: 3,3'-Dialkylthia and Selenocarbocyanine Dyes Adsorbed onto Microcrystalline Cellulose"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Lu\u00eds F.","family":"Vieira Ferreira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Molecular Physical Chemistry Center, and IN-Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. 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