- Title
- Glutathione capped CdTe@ ZnS quantum dots–zinc tetracarboxy phthalocyanine conjugates
- Creator
- Sekhosana, Kutloana E, Antunes, Edith M, Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/193780
- Identifier
- vital:45395
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2013.02.060"
- Description
- Conjugates of zinc tetracarboxy phthalocyanine (ZnPc(COOH)4) with CdTe@ZnS–GSH quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized and characterized by several techniques including X-ray powder diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. There was an observed decrease in both the fluorescence quantum yields and lifetimes of the quantum dots when they were linked or mixed with ZnPc(COOH)4 due to Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). The FRET behavior of CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)4 conjugates was compared to that of CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)8. Higher FRET efficiencies were observed for CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)4-mixed or CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)4-linked compared to the corresponding CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)8-mixed or CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)8-linked. Also CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)4-mixed (containing coreshell QDs) showed higher FRET efficiency than CdTE–TGA–ZnPc(COOH)4-mixed containing core QDs. The FRET efficiencies were found to be 63% and 59% for the CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)4-linked and CdTe@ZnS–GSH–ZnPc(COOH)4-mixed samples, respectively.
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- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (6 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Polyhedron, Sekhosana, K.E., Antunes, E. and Nyokong, T., 2013. Glutathione capped CdTe@ ZnS quantum dots–zinc tetracarboxy phthalocyanine conjugates: Fluorescence behavior studies in comparison with zinc octacarboxy phthalocyanine. Polyhedron, 54, pp.294-299, Polyhedron volume 54 p. 294 2013 0277-5387
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Antunes, Edith Martins (Dr)
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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