Fluorescence Quenching of Perylene DBPI Dye by Colloidal Low-Dimensional Gold Nanoparticles.

The interaction of a perylene DBPI dye [N,N-bis(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-3,4:9,10-perylenebis(dicarboximide)] with aqueous colloidal gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was studied using steady state fluorescence quenching measurements. The Stern-Volmer quenching rate constant (Ksv) was calculated as ~2.2 × 10(8) and ~1.