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This text describes the data presented in the paper: Mesoscopic FRET Antenna Materials by Self-Assembling Iridium(III) Complexes and BODIPY Dyes 

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Introductory information
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Files included in the data deposit (include a short description of what data are contained): 

1) a powerpoint file that contains the original UV-visible absorption and emission spectra reported in the paper


Explain the relationship between multiple data sets, if required:

slide 1 = original absorption and emission spectra of two dyes
slide 2 = original emission spectra of three host-guest materials prepared from the two dyes
slide 3 = original excited state decay lifetimes of two host-guest materials
slide 4 = original emission spectra of three host-guest materials prepared from the two dyes
slide 5 = original excited state decay lifetimes of two host-guest materials



Key words used to describe the data: optical spectroscopy, host-guest compounds



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Methodological information
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A brief method description – what the data is, how and why it was collected or created, and how it was processed:
the data consist of UV-visible absorption and emission spectra, recorded, respectively, on a Shimadzu UV-1800 spectrophotometer and an Edinburgh FLS980 photoluminescence spectrometer. Recorded spectra were exported as text files, imported in Origin Pro 8 and graphs were generated with it.



Instruments, hardware and software used:
Shimadzu UV-1800 spectrophotometer, Edinburgh FLS980 photoluminescence spectrometer. Software provided by the manufacturers themselves.



Date(s) of data collection: 
from March 2018 to May 2018


Geographic coverage of data:



Data validation (how was the data checked, proofed and cleaned):



Overview of secondary data, if used:



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Data-specific information
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Definitions of names, labels, acronyms or specialist terminology uses for variables, records and their values: 
epsilon = molar extinction coefficient
PL = photoluminescence
lambda = wavelength
JM = boron dipyrromethene dye, bearing a poly-ethylene glycol chain
IrD = iridium(III) phenylpyridine complex
1% and 5% = molar ratio dye/surfactant used for the preparation of the host-guest materials



Explanation of weighting and grossing variables: 



Outline any missing data:



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Contact
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Please contact rdm@ncl.ac.uk for further information