Fluorescence quenching caused by aggregation of water-soluble CdSe quantum dots

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 359, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Noh, Minho ^a   Kim, Taehoon ^a   Lee, Hosub ^a   Kim, Chang Koo ^b   Joo, Sang Woo ^c   Lee, Kangtaek ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Colloidal stability; DLVO model; Fluorescence; Quantum dot; Quenching

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUENCHING; STABILITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

AGGREGATION; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; INTER-PARTICLE INTERACTION; LIGAND EXCHANGES; MERCAPTOACETIC ACID; MOLECULAR SENSING; QUANTUM DOT; QUASI-ELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING; TEM; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELECTROLYTE; QUANTUM DOT; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 77549087870     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.01.059     Document Type: Article

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