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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 27, Issue 7, Pages 2371-2380Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003574
Keywords
BODIPY functionalization; energy transfer; FRET; luminescence decay dynamics; quantum dots
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Funding
- MIUR PRIN 2015 Project [2015XBZ5YA]
- EU [766563]
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Efficient FRET systems were developed by combining colloidal CdSe quantum dots (QDs) donors and BODIPY acceptors. The optimization of the distance between the organic fluorophore and the QDs through careful system engineering led to effective energy transfer in solution and solid state, with efficiencies reaching 76%. Deposition of QDs and dye as single coordinated units in solid state further increased efficiency by reducing the distance between the fluorophores to 2.2 nm, demonstrating the effectiveness of the coupling strategy.
Efficient FRET systems are developed combining colloidal CdSe quantum dots (QDs) donors and BODIPY acceptors. To promote effective energy transfer in FRET architectures, the distance between the organic fluorophore and the QDs needs to be optimized by a careful system engineering. In this context, BODIPY dyes bearing amino-terminated functionalities are used in virtue of the high affinity of amine groups in coordinating the QD surface. A preliminary QD surface treatment with a short amine ligand is performed to favor the interaction with the organic fluorophores in solution. The successful coordination of the dye to the QD surface, accomplishing a short donor-acceptor distance, provides effective energy transfer already in solution, with efficiency of 76 %. The efficiency further increases in the solid state where the QDs and the dye are deposited as single coordinated units from solution, with a distance between the fluorophores down to 2.2 nm, demonstrating the effectiveness of the coupling strategy.
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