TY - JOUR A1 - Martynenko, Irina V. A1 - Orlova, Anna O. A1 - Maslov, Vladimir G. A1 - Fedorov, Anatoly V. A1 - Berwick, Kevin A1 - Baranov, Alexander V. T1 - The influence of phthalocyanine aggregation in complexes with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on the photophysical properties of the complexes JF - Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology PY - 2016/// VL - 7 SP - 1018 EP - 1027 SN - 2190-4286 DO - 10.3762/bjnano.7.94 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.94 KW - aggregation KW - Förster resonance energy transfer KW - photosensitizer KW - semiconductor nanocrystals KW - tetrapyrroles N2 - The formation of nonluminescent aggregates of aluminium sulfonated phthalocyanine in complexes with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots causes a decrease of the intracomplex energy transfer efficiency with increasing phthalocyanine concentration. This was confirmed by steady-state absorption and photoluminescent spectroscopy. A corresponding physical model was developed that describes well the experimental data. The results can be used at designing of QD/molecule systems with the desired spatial arrangement for photodynamic therapy. ER -