Excitation energy-transfer in functionalized nanoparticles: Going beyond the Förster approach

J Chem Phys. 2016 Feb 21;144(7):074101. doi: 10.1063/1.4941565.

Abstract

We develop a novel approach to treat excitation energy transfer in hybrid nanosystems composed by an organic molecule attached to a semiconductor nanoparticle. Our approach extends the customary Förster theory by considering interaction between transition multipole moments of the nanoparticle at all orders and a point-like transition dipole moment representing the molecule. Optical excitations of the nanoparticle are described through an envelope-function configuration interaction method for a single electron-hole pair. We applied the method to the prototypical case of a core/shell CdSe/ZnS semiconductor quantum dot which shows a complete suppression of the energy transfer for specific transitions which could not be captured by Förster theory.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't