Fluorescence enhancement of amine-capped CdSe/ZnS quantum dots by thiol addition

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-363

  Aguilera Sigalat, Jordi ^a   Rocton, Simon ^a   Galian, Raquel E ^b   Pérez Prieto, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Qumica Analtica   (Spain)

Author keywords

CdSe ZnS; Core shell; Fluorescence; Ligand exchange; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

ALKYL THIOLS; CDSE/ZNS; CDSE/ZNS QUANTUM DOTS; CORE SHELL; CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; EMISSION PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; LIGAND EXCHANGE; QUANTUM DOT;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 79953251668     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/V10-160     Document Type: Article

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