Formation and electronic excitation energy transfer process in the nanosystem consisting of Ce0.85Tb0.15F3 nanoparticles, cetrimonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant, and chlorin e6 photosensitizer were studied. It was shown that chlorin e6 molecules bind to Ce0.85Tb0.15F3 NP in the presence of CTAB forming thus Ce0.85Tb0.15F3 NP-CTAB-chlorin e6 nanosystem. We consider that binding occurs via chlorin e6 embedding in the shell of CTAB molecules, formed around NP. In the Ce0.85Tb0.15F3 NP-CTAB-chlorin e6 nanosystem, electronic excitation energy transfer from Ce3+ to chlorin e6 takes place both directly (with the 0.33 efficiency for 2 μM chlorin e6) and via Tb3+.
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