- Title
- Fluorescence studies of quantum dots and zinc tetraamino phthalocyanine conjugates
- Creator
- Britton, Jonathan, Antunes, Edith M, Nyokong, Tebello
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:6565
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004124
- Description
- CdTe Qds capped with mercapto propionic acid (MPA) were covalently linked to zinc tetraamino phthalocyanine (ZnTAPc) using N-ethyl-N(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) and N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) as the coupling agents. The results presented give evidence in favour of the formation of an amide bond between ZnTAPc and CdTe QDs. Both the linked ZnTAPc–QD complexes and a mixture of QDs and ZnTAPc (i.e. without chemical linking) showed Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). ZnTAPc quenched the QDs emission, giving quenching constants in the order of 103 M−1.
- Format
- 8 p., pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Britton, J. and Antunes, Edith Martins and Nyokong, T. (2009) Fluorescence studies of quantum dots and zinc tetraamino phthalocyanine conjugates. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 21 (9). pp. 828-831. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2009.06.028
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