Calixarene-coated water-soluble CdSe-ZnS semiconductor quantum dots that are highly fluorescent and stable in aqueous solution

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2829-2831

  Jin, Takashi ^a   Fujii, Fumihiko ^b   Sakata, Hiroshi ^b   Tamura, Mamoru ^a   Kinjo, Masataka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALIXARENE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; SELENIUM; ZINC SULFATE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONJUGATION; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 21344466960     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b503178h     Document Type: Article

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