Characterization of water-soluble luminescent quantum dots by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1130, Issue , 2008, Pages 253-261

  Dong, Chaoqing ^a   Huang, Xiangyi ^a   Ren, Jicun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; CADMIUM TELLURIUM; HEAVY METAL; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER; WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOACTIVATION; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; WATER SOLUBLE;

EID: 47249089067     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1430.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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