Facile synthesis and characterization of highly fluorescent and biocompatible N-acetyl-l-cysteine capped CdTe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell quantum dots in aqueous phase

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 49, 2012, Pages

  Xiao, Qi ^a,b,c   Huang, Shan ^a,b   Su, Wei ^a   Chan, W H ^c   Liu, Yi ^b  

^a GUANGXI TEACHERS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; AQUEOUS PHASE; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CDSE; CDSE/ZNS; CDTE; CDTE/CDS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENT PROBES; HIGH QUALITY; MEDICAL FIELDS; N-ACETYL L-CYSTEINE; PHOTO-STABILITY; WATER SOLUBLE QUANTUM DOTS; WATER-DISPERSED; X-RAY POWDER;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRONS; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS;

BIOMATERIAL; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; TELLURIUM; WATER; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SELENIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; SYNTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; MATERIALS TESTING; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM; WATER; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84870046755     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/49/495717     Document Type: Article

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