• 文献标题:   A comparative study of the singlet oxygen generation capability of a zinc phthalocyanine linked to graphene quantum dots through pi-pi stacking and covalent conjugation when embedded in asymmetric polymer membranes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MAFUKIDZE DM, NYOKONG T
  • 作者关键词:   graphene quantum dot, phthalocyanine, singlet oxygen quantum yield, covalent conjugation, polymer membrane
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
  • ISSN:   0022-2860 EI 1872-8014
  • 通讯作者地址:   Rhodes Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.11.096
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Following the establishment of graphene quantum dots as potential phthalocyanine supports in photoactive membrane preparation for phthalocyanines lacking linkage functional groups, the practical efficiency of pi-pi stacking versus covalent linkage was investigated. Synthesized materials were characterized using Fr-IR, Raman, powder X-ray diffraction, and UV Vis spectroscopies and also by transmission electron and scanning electron microscopies. Phthalocyanine loadings onto graphene quantum dots of 0.40 mg/mg and 0.14 mg/mg (Pc mass/conjugate mass) for the pi-pi stacked and covalent linked conjugates respectively were observed. Covalent linkage to graphene quantum dots proved to be functionally superior to pi-pi linkage, where singlet oxygen quantum yield value of the phthalocyanine in the membrane for the covalent linked conjugate was approximately twice that of the n-it stacked membrane. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.