The ligand 1,2-Di((9H-carbazol-9-yl)propanoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DCzGPC) is synthesized in a one-step-synthesis via Yamaguchi esterification The absorption of DCzGPC (dotted black line in Fig. ) is significantly outside the NC emission range (solid blue line in Fig. ), indicating that undesirable PL quenching of the NCs should be absent. This is supported by the excitation spectrum in Figure , which exhibits comparable features for NCs with and without the presence of DCzGPC.