title: Quantum confinement-tunable intersystem crossing and the triplet state lifetime of cationic porphyrin-CdTe quantum dot nano-assemblies.
abstract: Here, we report a ground-state interaction between the positively charged cationic porphyrin and the negatively charged carboxylate groups of the thiol ligands on the surface of CdTe quantum dots (QDs), leading to the formation of a stable nanoassembly between the two components. Our time-resolved data clearly demonstrate that we can dramatically tune the intersystem crossing (ISC) and the triplet state lifetime of porphyrin by changing the size of the QDs in the nanoassembly.
authors.affiliation: Solar and Photovoltaics Engineering Research Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. omar.abdelsaboor@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Ghada H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Shawkat M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Aly
authors.forename: Anwar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Usman
authors.forename: Mohamed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Eita
authors.forename: Vasily A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Melnikov
authors.forename: Omar F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Mohammed