Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
Abstract
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) comprising magnetite (Fe3O4) were functionalized with 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane forming amino functionalized magnetite nanoparticles (AMNPs). The amino group allows for conjugation with zinc octacarboxyphthalocyanine ( ZnOCPc ) via the carboxyl group to form an amide bond. Transmission electron microscopy showed a change in morphology after conjugation. The covalent linkage of AMNPs to ZnOCPc has shown improvements in the photophysical behavior of the Pc in the presence of the MNP, increasing the triplet quantum yield (ΦT), singlet oxygen quantum yield (ΦΔ), triplet lifetime (τT) and singlet oxygen lifetime (τΔ) of the ZnOCPc and thus improving the efficiency of the ZnOCPc as a photosensitizer.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Science Applications,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,Bioengineering,Biotechnology
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42 articles.
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