Development of hybrid core-shell nanoparticles functionalized with light-harvesting dye cluster

研究了各种金属纳米粒子与捕光染料的杂交。除了传统的染料分子外，新设计的包括多价型分子的染料可以应用于自发杂交的方案。对这些化学事件的详细研究清楚地表明，杂化纳米粒子应该由金纳米粒子组成，在核心处被染料簇化壳包围。此外，积累的关于有机染料与其他无机材料杂交的结果证明了铂和银纳米粒子的适用性。

Hybridization of various metal nanoparticles with light-harvesting dyes was investigated. In addition to the conventional dye molecule, newly designed dyes including a multivalent-type molecule could be applied to the protocol for the spontaneous hybridization. Detailed investigations on these chemical events clearly demonstrated that the hybrid nanoparticles should compose of the gold nanoparticles at the core surrounded by the dye-clustering shells. Furthermore, accumulated results concerning hybridization of the organic dyes with other inorganic materials demonstrated the applicability to platinum and silver nanoparticles.