• 文献标题:   In vitro photoinactivation of S. aureus and photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline by novel phthalocyanine-graphene quantum dots nano-assemblies
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OPENDA YI, MGIDLANA S, NYOKONG T
  • 作者关键词:   zinc phthalocyanine, singlet oxygen, graphene quantum dot, photocatalytic degradation, tetracycline photodynamic antimicrobial therapy
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
  • ISSN:   0022-2313 EI 1872-7883
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jlumin.2022.118863 EA MAR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

A novel asymmetrical zinc (II) phthalocyanine (Pc) 4 bearing three dimethoxy groups and one carboxyl group was linked to glutathione capped graphene quantum dots (GQDs) by the reaction of carboxylic acid substituent on Pc 4 with the amino group on the GQDs. On the other side, the symmetrical Pc analog 3 was linked to the same nanoparticles through 7C-7C interactions. The as-formed nano-photosensitizers were fully characterized by spectroscopic methods and their photophysicochemical properties were investigated as well. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy was performed on the planktonic cells of S. aureus strain. And the results show that these nano assemblies were able to completely inhibit the metabolic activity of the resistant bacteria strain S. aureus with a 10.26 log reduction in the viable count. Again, asymmetrical Pc showed higher photocatalytic activity compared to the symmetrical complex with higher kobs and fast initial rates for the former. The photocatalysis obeyed the Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic model. The target conjugates showed all the advantages of two different groups existing on a single entity.