Time-dependent photoluminescence spectroscopy as a tool to measure the ligand exchange kinetics on a quantum dot surface

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1703-1714

  Koole, Rolf ^a   Schapotschnikow, Philipp ^b   de Mello Donegá, Celso ^a   Vlugt, Thijs J H ^b   Meijerink, Andries ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exchange; Ligands; Quantum dots; Quenching; Spectroscopy; Thiols

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BOND STRENGTHS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; EMISSION INTENSITIES; EXCHANGE; EXCHANGE KINETICS; HEXADECYL AMINE; HEXANETHIOL; IN-SITU; KINETIC MODELLING; LIGAND EXCHANGES; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; QUENCHING RATES; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE COVERAGES; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT MEASUREMENTS; THIOL ADDITIONS; THIOLS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-DEPENDENT MEASUREMENTS; TRIOCTYL PHOSPHINEOXIDE; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE;

LIGANDS;

LIGAND; QUANTUM DOT; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 51849127879     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8003247     Document Type: Article

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