One-step fabrication of biocompatible chitosan-coated ZnS and ZnS:Mn 2+ quantum dots via a γ- radiation route

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-7

  Chang, Shu quan ^a   Kang, Bin ^a   Dai, Yao dong ^a   Zhang, Hong xu ^a   Chen, Da ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

radiation; Biocompatible; Chitosan; Quantum dots; ZnS; ZnS:Mn2+

Indexed keywords

82.35.-NP; BIOCOMPATIBLE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; SYNTHESIS STRATEGY; UV EXCITATION; WATER SOLUBILITIES; ZNS; ZNS QUANTUM DOTS; ZNS:MN2+;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHITOSAN; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TANTALUM; ZINC SULFIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84862950627     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-591     Document Type: Article

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