Ruthenium(II) Trisbipyridine Functionalized Gold Nanorods. Morphological Changes and Excited-State Interactions

Meghan Jebb, P. K. Sudeep, P. Pramod,§ K. George Thomas,*§ and Prashant V. Kamat*
Radiation Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-0579, and Photosciences and Photonics, Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivandrum 695 019, India
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111 (24), pp 6839–6844
DOI: 10.1021/jp070701j
Publication Date (Web): May 4, 2007
Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society

Abstract

Gold nanorods synthesized using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and tetraoctylammonium bromide as stabilizers are functionalized with a thiol derivative of ruthenium(II) trisbipyridyl complex [(Ru(bpy)32+-C5-SH] in dodecanethiol using a place-exchange reaction. The changes in the plasmon absorption bands and transmission electron micrographs indicate significant changes in the gold rod morphology during the place-exchange reaction. The (Ru(bpy)32+-C5-SH in its excited state undergoes quick deactivation when bound to gold nanorods. More than 60% of the emission was quenched when [(Ru(bpy)32+-C5-SH] was bound to gold nanorods. Emission decay analysis indicates that the energy transfer rate constant is greater than 1010 s-1.

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  • Published In Issue June 21, 2007
  • Received January 26, 2007
    Revised March 19, 2007

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