Fluorescent silkworm silk prepared via incorporation of green, yellow, red, and near-infrared fluorescent quantum dots

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-315

  Chu, Maoquan ^a   Liu, Guojie ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Nanotechnology; Quantum dot; Silk worm silk

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELASTIC LIMIT ELONGATION; SILK-WORM SILK;

SILK;

FLUORESCENCE; SILK;

EID: 44049107943     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2008.917836     Document Type: Article

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