In situ preparation of fluorescent CdTe quantum dots with small thiols and hyperbranched polymers as co-stabilizers

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Shi, Yunfeng ^a   Ma, Zhimin ^a   Cui, Ningning ^a   Liu, Yanli ^a   Hou, Xiaoyu ^a   Du, Weimin ^a   Liu, Lin ^a   Gangsheng, Tong ^b  

^a ANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hyperbranched poly (amidoamine) s; Nanocomposites; Photoluminescence; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DENDRIMERS; FLUORESCENCE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; AFTER-TREATMENT; BIOAPPLICATIONS; CDTE QUANTUM DOTS; CDTE QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; IN-SITU PREPARATIONS; POLY(AMIDOAMINE)S;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84899643234     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-121     Document Type: Article

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