title: Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer between organic dyes adsorbed onto nano-clay and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films.
abstract: In this communication we investigate two dyes N,N'-dioctadecyl thiacyanine perchlorate (NK) and octadecyl rhodamine B chloride (RhB) in Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films with or with out a synthetic clay laponite. Observed changes in isotherms of RhB in absence and presence of nano-clay platelets indicate the incorporation of clay platelets onto RhB-clay hybrid films. AFM images confirm the incorporation of clay into hybrid films. FRET is observed in clay dispersion and LB films with and without clay. Efficiency of energy transfer is maximum in LB films with clay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar 799130, Tripura, India. sa_h153@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Syed Arshad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schoonheydt
mesh_terms: D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000737:chemistry*; D018441:Biofilms; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002232:Carbocyanines / Q000737:chemistry*; D000077215:Clay; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D015394:Molecular Structure; D036103:Nanotechnology; D010472:Perchlorates / Q000737:chemistry*; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D002232:Carbocyanines; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010472:Perchlorates; D012235:Rhodamines; C044542:octadecyl Rhodamine B chloride; D000077215:Clay; C494474:perchlorate