Aqueous phase transfer of InP/ZnS nanocrystals conserving fluorescence and high colloidal stability

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 9392-9402

  Tamang, Sudarsan ^a   Beaune, Grégory ^a,b   Texier, Isabelle ^b   Reiss, Peter ^a  

^a Departement de Recherches Fondamentales sur la Matiere Condensee CEA Grenoble   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

aqueous phase transfer; cysteine; fluorescence quantum yield; nanocrystals; penicillamine; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; PENICILLAMINE; QUANTUM DOT;

AMINO ACIDS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COVALENT BONDS; FLUORESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM YIELD; ZINC SULFIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

INDIUM; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; NANOMATERIAL; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SELENIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; INDIUM; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHINES; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84555169106     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203598c     Document Type: Article

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