Copolymer nanosphere encapsulated CdS quantum dots prepared by RAFT copolymerization: Synthesis, characterization and mechanism of formation

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 289, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1519-1533

  Das, Paramita ^a   Zhong, Weiheng ^a   Claverie, Jerome P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CdS quantum dots; Dispersant; Emulsion polymerization; Encapsulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; ACRYLIC ACIDS; BUTYL ACRYLATES; CDS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; DISPERSANTS; MECHANISM OF FORMATION; MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); POLYMER DISPERSANT; POLYMER MICROSPHERES; RANDOM COPOLYMER; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STABLE DISPERSIONS;

ACRYLICS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPOLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; QUANTUM DOT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; ENCAPSULATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE ADDITION FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER COPOLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052485883     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-011-2466-0     Document Type: Article

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