- Title
- Synthesis and photophysical properties of BODIPY-decorated graphene quantum dot–phthalocyanine conjugates
- Creator
- Nwahara, Nnamdi, Nkhahle, Reitumetse, Ngoy, Bokolombe P, Mack, John, Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/233409
- Identifier
- vital:50088
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NJ00758F"
- Description
- This work reports on the synthesis and characterisation of novel supramolecular hybrids containing BODIPY-decorated graphene quantum dots (BODIPY@GQDs) and zinc phthalocyanine. Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) were functionalized with L-glutathione (GSH) in order to assist coupling to the BODIPY dye. {2,9(10)16(17)23(24)-Tetrakis-[3-(diethylamino)phenoxy]phthalocyaninato}zinc(II) (1) was immobilized via π–π stacking interaction on the BODIPY-decorated GQDs and pristine GQDs to form the supramolecular hybrids 1-BODIPY@GQDs and 1-GQDs, respectively. The photophysical and photochemical properties of these conjugates were investigated. Energy transfer occurred from the (i) GQDs to BODIPY, (ii) GQDs to 1, and (iii) BODIPY@GQDs to 1via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). The highest FRET efficiency was observed for the BODIPY@GQDs (0.93). The introduction of the BODIPY core to the GQD structure resulted in higher triplet, and singlet oxygen quantum yields for the resultant Pc/GQD hybrid (1-BODIPY@GQDs). The zeta potential values obtained imply a high colloidal stability for the supramolecular hybrids. The results suggest that such hybrids may be applied in fields such as photodynamic therapy (PDT), where a high singlet oxygen quantum yield is desired.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (11 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Language
- English
- Relation
- New Journal of Chemistry, Nwahara, N., Nkhahle, R., Ngoy, B.P., Mack, J. and Nyokong, T., 2018. Synthesis and photophysical properties of BODIPY-decorated graphene quantum dot–phthalocyanine conjugates. New Journal of Chemistry, 42(8), pp.6051-6061, New Journal of Chemistry volume 42 number 8 p. 6051 2018 1369-9261
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- Rights
- Open Access
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Mack, John (Associate Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology
Nyokong, Tebello (Distinguished Professor)
RU Department of Chemistry
SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
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