- Title
- Characterization of phthalocyanine functionalized quantum dots by dynamic light scattering, laser Doppler, and capillary electrophoresis
- Creator
- Ramírez-García, Gonzalo, Oluwole, David O, Nxele, Siphesihle Robin, d’Orlyé, Fanny, Nyokong, Tebello, Bedioui, Fethi, Varenne, Anne
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238184
- Identifier
- vital:50595
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-016-0120-x"
- Description
- In this work, we characterized different phtalocyanine-capped core/shell/shell quantum dots (QDs) in terms of stability, ζ-potential, and size at various pH and ionic strengths, by means of capillary electrophoresis (CE), and compared these results to the ones obtained by laser Doppler electrophoresis (LDE) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). The effect of the phthalocyanine metallic center (Zn, Al, or In), the number (one or four), and nature of substituents (carboxyphenoxy- or sulfonated-) of functionalization on the phthalocyanine physicochemical properties were evaluated. Whereas QDs capped with zinc mono-carboxyphenoxy-phtalocyanine (ZnMCPPc-QDs) remained aggregated in the whole analyzed pH range, even at low ionic strength, QDs capped with zinc tetracarboxyphenoxy phtalocyanine (ZnTPPc-QDs) were easily dispersed in buffers at pH equal to or higher than 7.4. QDs capped with aluminum tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine (AlTSPPc-QDs) and indium tetracarboxyphenoxy phthalocyanines (InTCPPc-QDs) were stable in aqueous suspension only at pH higher than 9.0 due to the presence of functional groups bound to the metallic center of the phthalocyanine. The ζ-potential values determined by CE for all the samples decreased when ionic strength increased, being well correlated with the aggregation of the nanoconjugates at elevated salt concentrations. The use of electrokinetic methodologies has provided insights into the colloidal stability of the photosensitizer-functionalized QDs in physiological relevant solutions and thereby, its usefulness for improving their design and applications for photodynamic therapy.
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- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (9 pages), pdf
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- SpringerLink
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ramírez-García, G., Oluwole, D.O., Nxele, S.R., d’Orlyé, F., Nyokong, T., Bedioui, F. and Varenne, A., 2017. Characterization of phthalocyanine functionalized quantum dots by dynamic light scattering, laser Doppler, and capillary electrophoresis. Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 409(6), pp.1707-1715, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry volume 409 number 6 p. 1707 2017 1618-2650
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- Open Access
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