Lithuanian Journal of Physics article / Lietuvos fizikos žurnalo straipsnis

EFFECT OF LIGHT ON STABILITY OF THIOL-CAPPED CdSe/ZnS QUANTUM DOTS IN THE PRESENCE OF ALBUMIN
Agnė Kalnaitytė^a, Saulius Bagdonas^a, and Ričardas Rotomskis^a,b
^aDepartment of Quantum Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio 9, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania
^bLaboratory of Biomedical Physics, National Cancer Institute, Santariškių 1, LT-08406 Vilnius, Lithuania
E-mail: agne.kalnaityte@gmail.com

Received 14 May 2014; revised 17 July 2014; accepted 10 December 2014

The effect of exposure to the green laser light on the photoluminescence (PL) stability of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) capped with either mercaptopropionic (MPA) or thioglycolic (TGA) acid was studied in aqueous suspensions and in the presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA). The results of absorbance and luminescence measurements suggest that the capacity of protein to change the coating structure of thiol-capped QDs and the stability of photoluminescence depends on the nature of stabilizing surface ligands. The interaction of BSA molecules with TGA-capped quantum dots increases their PL quantum yield (QY) and makes PL more stable, however, the effect is opposite for MPA-capped QDs. The light exposure instantly increases the PL intensity and the quantum yield of TGA-capped QDs but does not change those of MPA-capped QDs. In the medium with BSA, however, the occurrence of light-induced PL enhancement does not depend on stabilizing thiol ligands of QDs and it lasts for a relatively long period of time.

Keywords: quantum dots, photostability, protein, photoluminescence
PACS: 81.07.Ta, 78.67.Hc

ŠVIESOS POVEIKIS TIOLIAIS DENGTŲ CdSe/ZnS KVANTINIŲ TAŠKŲ STABILUMUI TERPĖJE SU ALBUMINU

Agnė Kalnaitytė^a, Saulius Bagdonas^a, Ričardas Rotomskis^a,b
^aVilniaus universiteto Fizikos fakulteto Kvantinės elektronikos katedra, Vilnius, Lietuva
^bLaboratory of Biomedical physics, National cancer institute Vilnius, Lietuva

Veikiant CdSe/ZnS kvantinius taškus, dengtus merkaptopropionine (MPR) ar tioglikoline (TGR) rūgštimis, žalia lazerio spinduliuote, ištirtas jų stabilumas vandeninėje terpėje ir terpėje su jaučio serumo albuminu (JSA). Iš sugerties bei liuminescencijos matavimų rezultatus nustatyta, jog baltymo gebėjimas pakeisti tioliais dengtų kvantinių taškų dangalo struktūrą ir fotoliuminescencijos (FL) intensyvumą priklauso nuo stabilizuojančių paviršiaus ligandų prigimties. Kvantiniams taškams, dengtiems TGR, sąveikaujant su JSA molekulėmis padidėdavo jų FL kvantinis našumas, o fotoliuminescencija tapdavo stabilesnė, priešingas efektas gautas su MPR dengtais kvantiniais taškais. Šviesa iš karto po švitinimo padidindavo TGR dengtų kvantinių taškų fotoliuminescencijos intensyvumą ir kvantinį našumą, bet kvantinių taškų, dengtų MPR, spektroskopinių savybių nepakeisdavo. Terpėje su JSA fotoliuminescencijos padidėjimas stebimas nepriklausomai nuo kvantinių taškų dengiamojo sluoksnio prigimties bei stabilumo, o fotoliuminescencija išlieka santykinai stabilesnė.

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