Designer multi-functional comb-polymers for surface engineering of quantum dots on the nanoscale

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Jańczewski, Dominik ^a   Tomczak, Nikodem ^a   Khin, Yin Win ^a   Han, Ming Yong ^a,b   Julius Vancso, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic polymer; Phase transfer; Polymeric micelle; Quantum dot (QD); Surface engineering

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CARBOXYLATION; COLLOIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MICELLES; OLIGOMERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTORESISTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AMPHIPHILIC POLYMER; PHASE TRANSFER; POLYMERIC MICELLE; QUANTUM DOT (QD); SURFACE ENGINEERING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 58149149635     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.08.047     Document Type: Article

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