- Title
- Photophysical behavior of Zn aminophenoxy substituted phthalocyanine conjugates with carboxylic acid-coated silica nanoparticles: Effect of point of substitution
- Creator
- Fashina, Adedayo
- Creator
- Antunes, Edith M
- Creator
- Nyokong, Tebello
- Date Issued
- 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:7318
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020563
- Identifier
- Original publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.04.034
- Description
- This work reports on the grafting of silica nanoparticles with zinc phthalocyanine complexes tetra-substituted non-peripherally and peripherally with a 4-amino phenoxy group. The phthalocyanine dyes have free amino groups, facilitating covalent attachment of the dyes on the silica surface via amide bond formation. The surface area of the functionalized silica nanoparticles increased on conjugation but the pore volumes were reduced. The phthalocyanine functionalized silica nanoparticles showed lower fluorescence quantum yields as well as shorter triplet lifetimes compared to the free phthalocyanines in dimethyl formamide. For the non-peripherally substituted phthalocyanines increases in triplet yield quantum yields, lifetimes, and singlet oxygen quantum yields were observed.
- Format
- 10 p.
- Format
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Fashina, A., Antunes, E. & Nyokong, T. 2014. Photophysical behavior of Zn aminophenoxy substituted phthalocyanine conjugates with carboxylic acid-coated silica nanoparticles: Effect of point of substitution. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1068:245–254. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.04.034.
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Antunes, Edith Martins (Dr)
Nyokong, Tebello (Distinguished Professor)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology
RU Department of Chemistry