Water-solubilization and functionalization of semiconductor quantum dots

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1025, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-45

  Tyrakowski, Christina M ^a   Isovic, Adela ^a   Snee, Preston T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap exchange; Carbodiimide coupling; Encapsulation; Functionalization; Quantum dot; Semiconductor nanocrystal

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUBILIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84934444531     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-462-3_4     Document Type: Article

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