Synthesis and properties of biocompatible water-soluble silica-coated CdSe/ZnS semiconductor quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 105, Issue 37, 2001, Pages 8861-8871

  Gerion, Daniele ^a,b   Pinaud, Fabien ^b   Williams, Shara C ^a,b   Parak, Wolfgang J ^a,b   Zanchet, Daniela ^a   Weiss, Shimon ^b   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROPHORES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC SULFIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0035922511     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0105488     Document Type: Article

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