High photothermal conversion efficiency for semiconducting polymer/fullerene nanoparticles and its correlation with photoluminescence quenching
Deize C. Grodniski, Leandro Benatto, Jenifer Pendiuk Gonçalves, Carolina Camargo de Oliveira, Kaike Rosivan Maia Pacheco, L. B. Adad, V. M. Coturi, Lucimara S. Roman, Marlus Koehler
Abstract
The fullerene concentration in semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (SPNs) decreases the photoluminescent (PL) and increases the photothermal (PT) effects due to enhanced non-radioative recombination of charge transfer (CT) excitons.
Topics & Concepts
Photothermal therapyFullerenePhotoluminescenceQuenching (fluorescence)Materials scienceNanoparticlePolymerChemical engineeringOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyPhotochemistryOpticsChemistryFluorescenceComposite materialOrganic chemistryPhysicsEngineeringNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesPerovskite Materials and Applications