Micro-photoluminescence study of bio-conjugated CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals

L. Borkovska, N. Korsunska, T. Stara, O. Kolomys, V. Strelchuk, T. Kryshtab, S. Ostapenko, G. Chornokur, C. M. Phelan

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Abstract

The effect of bio-conjugation of CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots (QDs) with Interleukin 10 (IL-10) antibodies on the aging of photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the QDs was investigated. The aging occurred upon storage of QDs for about 2 years or thermal annealing at 190 oC for up to 12 hours at atmospheric ambience and consisted in blue shifting the PL band position, increasing a PL band half-width and decreasing the PL intensity. The bio-conjugation is found to promote PL aging. The aging upon storage is attributed to the oxidation that decreases the QD core dimension, while the aging upon thermal annealing can be due to both oxidation and alloying of CdSe core and ZnS shell.

Translated title of the contributionEstudio de microfotoluminiscencia de nanocristales de CdSe/ZnS bioconjugados
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157-162
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume1617
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event22nd International Materials Research Congress, IMRC 2013 - Cancun, Mexico
Duration: 11 Aug 201315 Aug 2013

Keywords

  • Bio-conjugation
  • colloidal particles
  • luminescence

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