Bioconjugates Based on Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Porphyrin Ligands: Properties, Exciton Relaxation Pathways and Singlet Oxygen Generation Efficiency for Photodynamic Therapy Applications

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1 Bioconjugates based on semiconductor quantum dots and porphyrin ligands: properties, exciton relaxation pathways and singlet oxygen generation efficiency for PDT applications E.I. Zenkevich, S.V. Gaponenko, E.I. Sagun, and C. von Borczyskowski 1 National Technical University of Belarus, Nezavisimosti Ave., 65, 220013 Minsk, Belarus; [e-mail] 2 B.I.Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Nezavisimosti Ave., 68, 220072 Minsk, Belarus [e-mail] 3 Chemnitz University of Technology, Institute of Physics, NANOMA Center, Reichenhainer Str. 70, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany; [e-mail]