One-pot aqueous-phase synthesis of ultra-small CdSe/CdS/CdZnS core-shell-shell quantum dots with high-luminescent efficiency and good stability

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zhan, Hongju ^a,b   Zhou, Peijiang ^a   Pan, Keliang ^a   He, Ting ^a   He, Xuan ^a   Zhou, Chuanyun ^a   He, Yuning ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINGCHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell shell; Good stability; Microwave synthesis; One pot synthesis; Water dispersible quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CRYSTALLINITY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CORE SHELL; GOOD STABILITY; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; WATER DISPERSIBLE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM ZINC SULFIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84876942045     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1680-8     Document Type: Article

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