Inorganica Chimica Acta

Synthesis and photophysical studies of CdTe quantum dot-monosubstituted zinc phthalocyanine conjugates

S D'Souza, E Antunes, T Nyokong

Index: D'Souza, Sarah; Antunes, Edith; Nyokong, Tebello Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2011 , vol. 367, # 1 p. 173 - 181

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Abstract

The linkage of unsymmetrically monosubstituted 4-aminophenoxy zinc phthalocyanine (ZnAPPc, 5) to CdTe quantum dots capped with mercaptopropionic acid (MPA), l-cysteine (l- cys) or thioglycolic acid (TGA) has been achieved using the coupling agents ethyl-N (3- dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide and N-hydroxy succinimide, which facilitate formation of an amide bond to form the QD–ZnAPPc-linked conjugate. The formation of the amide ...