Tunable ZnO quantum dots for bioimaging: Synthesis and photoluminescence

Materials Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 221-227

  Jia, Z ^a   Misra, R D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Biomaterials; Synthesis; Tunable quantum dots; ZnO:Mn

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

BIO-IMAGING; CHEMICAL HYDROLYSIS; FLUORESCENCE LABELLING; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LONG TERM STABILITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; SILICA NANOSPHERES; SMALL CONCENTRATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84922996239     PISSN: 10667857     EISSN: 17535557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1753555713Y.0000000061     Document Type: Article

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