Photonic crystal fiber for efficient Raman scattering of CdTe quantum dots in aqueous solution

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3823-3830

  Mak, Jacky S W ^a   Farah, Abdiaziz A ^a   Chen, Feifan ^a   Helmy, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 thioglycerol; 3 mercaptopropionic acid; Photonic crystal fiber; Raman spectroscopy; Thioglycolic acid; Thiol capped quantum dots

Indexed keywords

1-THIOGLYCEROL; 3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CDS; CDTE; CDTE QUANTUM DOTS; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; CRYSTALLINE CORE; CRYSTALLINITIES; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; IN-SITU STUDY; NONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENT EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARBOXYLATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; METAL COMPLEXES; PASSIVATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; QUANTUM DOT; TELLURIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TELLURIUM; WATER;

EID: 80051494408     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200157z     Document Type: Article

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