Silica encapsulation of highly luminescent hydrophobic quantum dots by two-step microemulsion method

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 395, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-31

  Wang, Shiquan ^a   Li, Chunliang ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Ando, Masanori ^a   Murase, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microemulsion method; Quantum dots; Silica coating

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLES; MICROEMULSIONS; OLEIC ACID; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

3-AMINOPROPYL TRIMETHOXYSILANE; AQUEOUS PHASE; BLUE SHIFT; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; MICROEMULSION METHOD; MICROEMULSION PROCESS; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED; PEAK WAVELENGTH; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY; PL EFFICIENCY; PL SPECTRA; QUANTUM DOT; REVERSE MICELLE SOLUTION; REVERSE MICELLE SYNTHESIS; SILANIZATIONS; SILICA BEADS; SILICA COATINGS; SILICA SPHERE; TETRAETHYL ORTHOSILICATES; WATER ADDITION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AMMONIA; OLEIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; MICELLE; MICROEMULSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84855872357     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.11.031     Document Type: Article

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