Recognition-mediated assembly of quantum dot polymer conjugates with controlled morphology

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 6357-6366

  Nandwana, Vikas ^a   Subramani, Chandramouleeswaran ^a   Eymur, Serkan ^b   Yeh, Yi Cheun ^a   Tonga, Gulen Yesilbag ^a   Tonga, Murat ^a   Jeong, Youngdo ^a   Yang, Boqian ^a   Barnes, Michael D ^a   Cooke, Graeme ^c   Rotello, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonding; Molecular recognition; Nanocomposites; Nanoparticles; Quantum dots; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HYDROGEN BONDING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; QUANTUM DOTS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80053182156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12096357     Document Type: Article

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