Characterization of the organic ligand shell of semiconductor quantum dots by fluorescence quenching experiments

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 8115-8123

  Boldt, Klaus ^a   Jander, Sebastian ^a   Hoppe, Kathrin ^a   Weller, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cysteine; electron transfer; FRET; ligands; poly(ethylene) glycol; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; ELECTRON SCAVENGERS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; FRET; INNER SHELL; LONG CHAINS; ORGANIC LIGANDS; OUTER SHELLS; PARTICLE VOLUME; QUANTUM DOT; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SMALL MOLECULES;

AMINO ACIDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ETHYLENE; EXPERIMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOLS; LIGANDS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPHERES;

QUENCHING;

CYSTEINE; LIGAND; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; QUANTUM DOT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR;

CYSTEINE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGANDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; WATER;

EID: 80054967321     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn202748v     Document Type: Article

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