Determination of volume fractions and ligand layer thickness of polymer/CdSe quantum dot blend films by effective medium approximations

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Schädel, Martin ^a,b   Jeltsch, Krischan F ^a   Niyamakom, Phenwisa ^c   Rauscher, Frank ^c   Zhou, Yunfei ^d   Krüger, Michael ^d   Meerholz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b OT Thalheim   (Germany)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

conjugated polymers; modeling; morphology; nanoparticles; thin films

Indexed keywords

BLEND FILMS; CAPPING LIGANDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CRYSTALLINE CORE; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; EFFECTIVE THICKNESS; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; HEXADECYLAMINE; HEXANOIC ACIDS; LAYER THICKNESS; LIGAND EXCHANGES; MASS DENSITIES; MASS RATIO; ORGANIC LAYERS; ORGANIC LIGANDS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; PRISTINE FILMS; TRANSMISSION INTENSITY; VOLUME RATIO;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHELATION; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; FATTY ACIDS; MODELS; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; POLYMER BLENDS; PYRIDINE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 82055202809     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.22380     Document Type: Article

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