Abstract
This paper describes the use of 1H NMR spectroscopy to measure the equilibrium constants for the solution-phase binding of two para-substituted aniline molecules (R-An), p-methoxyaniline (Me0-An) and p-bromoaniline (Br-An), to colloidal 4.1 nm CdSe quantum dots (QDs). Changes in the chemical shifts of the aromatic protons located ortho to the amine group on R-An were used to construct a binding isotherm for each R-An/QD system. These isotherms fit to a Langmuir function to yield Ka, the equilibrium constant for binding of the R-An ligands to the QDs; Ka almost equal to 150 M-1 and DeltaGads almost equal to -19 kJ/mol for both R = MeO and R = Br. 31P NMR indicates that the native octylphosphonate ligands, which, by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy, cover 90% of the QD surface, are not displaced upon binding of R-An. The MeO-An ligand quenches the photoluminescence of the QDs at much lower concentrations than does Br-An; the observation, therefore, that Ka,K-MeO-An almost equal to Ka,Br-An shows that this difference in quenching efficiencies is due solely to differences in the nature of the electronic interactions of the bound R-An with the excitonic state of the QD.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 22526-22534 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry C |
Volume | 114 |
Issue number | 51 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2010 |
Keywords
- COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS
- SURFACE-CHEMISTRY
- PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
- CADMIUM-SELENIDE
- NANOPARTICLES
- OPTICAL-PROPERTIES
- SENSITIZED SOLAR-CELL
- DYNAMICS
- MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-SPECTROSCOPY
- SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS