Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (Jul 2016)

The influence of phthalocyanine aggregation in complexes with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on the photophysical properties of the complexes

  • Irina V. Martynenko,
  • Anna O. Orlova,
  • Vladimir G. Maslov,
  • Anatoly V. Fedorov,
  • Kevin Berwick,
  • Alexander V. Baranov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.94
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1018 – 1027

Abstract

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The formation of nonluminescent aggregates of aluminium sulfonated phthalocyanine in complexes with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots causes a decrease of the intracomplex energy transfer efficiency with increasing phthalocyanine concentration. This was confirmed by steady-state absorption and photoluminescent spectroscopy. A corresponding physical model was developed that describes well the experimental data. The results can be used at designing of QD/molecule systems with the desired spatial arrangement for photodynamic therapy.

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