Stable water-soluble quantum dots capped by poly(ethylene glycol) modified dithiocarbamate

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 410, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-152

  Li, Yan ^a   Shen, Bing ^a   Liu, Lu ^a   Xu, Hu ^a   Zhong, Xinhua ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dithiocarbamate; Iminodiacetic acid; PEG; QDs; Water soluble

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; LIGANDS; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIFUNCTIONAL; BIFUNCTIONAL LIGAND; BIO-CONJUGATION; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; CELLULAR IMAGING; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; DITHIOCARBAMATES; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; HYDRODYNAMIC SIZE; IMINODIACETIC ACID; QDS; SURFACE ATOMS; UV IRRADIATION; WATER SOLUBLE QUANTUM DOTS; WATER-SOLUBLE; WIDE PH RANGE;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIGLYCINE; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; LIGAND; MACROGOL; OIL; QUANTUM DOT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 84864389517     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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