Quantum dot/glycol chitosan fluorescent nanoconjugates

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mansur, Alexandra AP ^a   Mansur, Herman S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

78.67.Hc; 81.07.Ta; 82.35.Pq

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOPOLYMERS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHITOSAN; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLYCOLS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCONJUGATES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

78.67.HC; 81.07.TA; 82.35.PQ; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CHITOSAN; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84928348707     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0879-2     Document Type: Article

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