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  • Title: Interface states and bio-conjugation of CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots.
    Author: Torchynska TV.
    Journal: Nanotechnology; 2009 Mar 04; 20(9):095401. PubMed ID: 19417487.
    Abstract:
    The paper presents the results of photoluminescence (PL) and Raman scattering studies of non-conjugated and bio-conjugated CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots (QDs). The commercial CdSe/ZnS QDs used are characterized by color emission with maxima at 605-610 nm (2.03-2.05 eV). PL spectra of non-conjugated QDs are the superposition of PL bands related to exciton emission in the CdSe core (2.03-2.05 eV) and to hot electron-hole emission via defect states at the CdSe/ZnS interface (2.37 and 2.68 eV). QD conjugation was performed with biomolecules -- the antihuman interleukin 10 antibody (antihuman IL10). The PL spectra of bio-conjugated QDs have been changed dramatically: only one PL band related to exciton emission in the CdSe core was detected in bio-conjugated QDs. To explain this effect a model has been proposed which assumes that the QD bio-conjugation process is accompanied by the recharging of acceptor-like interface states at the CdSe/ZnS interface. A comparative analysis of normalized PL spectra of non-conjugated CdSe/ZnS QDs with different intensities of interface state PL has confirmed the proposed electron-hole recombination model in QDs.
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