The structural and luminescence properties of plexcitonic structures based on Ag(2)S/l-Cys quantum dots and Au nanorods

A technique of obtaining plexitonic structures based on Ag(2)S quantum dots passivated with l-cysteine (Ag(2)S/l-Cys QDs) in the presence of Au nanorods passivated with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide molecules (Au/CTAB NRs) with controlled luminescence properties has been developed. The structural and luminescence properties of Ag(2)S/l-Cys QDs with Au/CTAB NRs are studied. The effect of plasmonic Au/CTAB NRs on IR trap state luminescence (750 nm) is considered. It has been found that the direct interaction between the components of the plexcitonic nanostructure leads to a significant luminescence quenching of Ag(2)S/l-Cys QDs, with the luminescence lifetime being constant. This is the evidence for photoinduced charge transfer. The spatial separation of the components of plexcitonic nanostructures due to the introduction of a polymer – poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (polyDADMAC) provides a means to change their mutual arrangement and achieve an increase in the IR trap state luminescence intensity and a decrease in the luminescence lifetime from 7.2 ns to 4.5 ns. With weak plexcitonic coupling in the nanostructures [Ag(2)S QD/l-Cys]/[polyDADMAC]/[Au/CTAB NRs], the possibility of increasing the quantum yield of trap state luminescence for Ag(2)S QDs due to the Purcell effect has been demonstrated. In the case of formation [Ag(2)S QD/l-Cys]/[polyDADMAC]/[Au/CTAB NRs] a transformation of shallow trap state structure was established using the thermostimulated luminescence method.