Interaction of porphyrins with CdTe quantum dots

Xing Zhang; Zhongxin Liu; Lun Ma; Marius Hossu; Wei Chen

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/22/19/195501

Interaction of porphyrins with CdTe quantum dots

Xing Zhang, Zhongxin Liu, Lun Ma, Marius Hossu, Wei Chen^*

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Porphyrins may be used as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, photocatalysts for organic pollutant dissociation, agents for medical imaging and diagnostics, applications in luminescence and electronics. The detection of porphyrins is significantly important and here the interaction of protoporphyrin-IX (PPIX) with CdTe quantum dots was studied. It was observed that the luminescence of CdTe quantum dots was quenched dramatically in the presence of PPIX. When CdTe quantum dots were embedded into silica layers, almost no quenching by PPIX was observed. This indicates that PPIX may interact and alter CdTe quantum dots and thus quench their luminescence. The oxidation of the stabilizers such as thioglycolic acid (TGA) as well as the nanoparticles by the singlet oxygen generated from PPIX is most likely responsible for the luminescence quenching. The quenching of quantum dot luminescence by porphyrins may provide a new method for photosensitizer detection.

Original language	English
Article number	195501
Journal	Nanotechnology
Volume	22
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/19/195501
Publication status	Published - 13 May 2011
Externally published	Yes

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