Photophysical properties of a new water soluble tetra thiamine substituted zinc phthalocyanine conjugated to gold nanorods of different aspect ratios

A water soluble zinc phthalocyanine substituted with thiamine is reported in this work. The aggregation of this compound in aqueous solutions causes quenching of the fluorescence quantum yields. Gold nanospheres and nanorods were linked to the phthalocyanine. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed...

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Main Authors: Mthethwa, Thandekile, Antunes, Edith, Nyokong, Tebello
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020379