Biosensing; Colloidal quantum dots; Donor-acceptor system; Emission properties; Fluorescent nanocrystals; Molecular fluorophores; Mono-disperse; Quantum dot emission; Resonant energy transfer; Within clusters; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Energy (all); Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Surfaces, Coatings and Films; General Energy
Abstract :
[en] As fluorescent nanocrystals, colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are increasingly used for biosensing thanks to their ability to perform Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET). Especially, all-QD-based donor-acceptor systems offer promising approaches for the design of FRET biosensors. But contrary to molecular fluorophores, QD emission properties are highly conditioned by the size distribution of QDs, so it is possible to observe energy transfers between QDs coming from the same monodisperse population, when packed into clusters. Here, we characterize such homogeneous resonant energy transfer (homo-FRET) processes occurring between CdTe QDs clustered within an organosilane polymer matrix and develop a mathematical model to account for their efficiencies. We evidence the critical role of the statistical donor-acceptor polarization of the QD population and provide tools to quantify it. Interestingly, as QD-QD homo-FRET proves to only depend on size dispersion and Stokes shift, the conclusions of our study can be extended to any kind of QDs and our model can be used to predict their own homo-FRET efficiency.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Noblet, Thomas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Biophotonique
Hottechamps, Julie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials (CESAM)
Erard, Marie ; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000, Orsay, France
Dreesen, Laurent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Biophotonique
Language :
English
Title :
Homogeneous Resonant Energy Transfer within Clusters of Monodisperse Colloidal Quantum Dots
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces
This work was supported by the Service Public de Wallonie (Win2Wal 2018 Program, QD3Drops Project) and also received funding from the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) through the International Research Project INANOMEP (Innovative NANOstructured Interfaces for MEdical and Photocatalytic applications) between the ICP (France) and CESAM (Belgium) partners.
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