Designer polymer-quantum dot architectures

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 393-430

  Tomczak, Nikodem ^a   Jańczewski, Dominik ^a   Han, Mingyong ^a,b   Vancso, G Julius ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biolabelling; Optoelectronics; Photonics; Quantum dots; Semiconductor polymer hybrid materials; Structural architecture

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PASSIVATION; POLYMER FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIOLABELLING; OPTOELECTRONICS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR-POLYMER HYBRID MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 62949231074     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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