“…For calculation of Δ f values, the refractive index values n for capping ligands were taken from reagent material safety data sheets (MSDS), and were 1.459, 1.447, 1.4496, and 1.33 for OA, TOPO, HDA, and water, respectively. Dielectric constants were approximated, based on literature data, to be: 2.03 (de Sousa et al 2009), 2.5 (Jiang et al 2000), 2.25 (Hoffman and Smyth 1949), and 78.3 for OA, TOPO, HDA, and water, respectively. We found that decreased ligand orientation polarizability factor ∆ f correlated with the progressive increase of the τ 2 as measured for the 5 D 0 excited state of Eu 3+ ions.…”