A comparative study on fluorescence quenching of CdTe nanocrystals with a serial of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

作者：Baslak Canan^*; Kus Mahmut; Cengeloglu Yunus; Ersoz Mustafa

来源：Journal of Luminescence, 2014, 153: 177-181.

DOI：10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.03.018

• Quantum dots
• CdTe nanocrystais
• Stern-Volmer plots
• Fluorescence quenching
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

We report sensing different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with colloidal CdTe nanocrystals. The effect of molecular structure on quenching rate for 2-hyroxy-1-naphthaldehyde (2H-1N), 9,10-phenanthraquinone (PQ), 9-anthracenecarboxaldehyde (9-AC) and quinoline (Q) is presented. The quenching rate constants are observed to be strongly dependent on the molecular structure. PQ consisting of two carbonyl groups, shows the highest rate constant while Q shows the worst one. Both static and dynamic quenching are simultaneously observed for PQ and 2H-1N. Therefore extended Stern-Volmer equations are used to calculate rate constants. Results showed that dynamic quenching is a dominant process. The rate constants for PQ 2H-1N, 9-AC and Q are calculated to be 64.84, 10.73, 10.66 and 1.85 respectively.

• 出版日期2014-9