Surface Ligand Dynamics-Guided Preparation of Quantum Dots-Cellulose Composites for Light-Emitting Diodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 29, 2015, Pages 15830-15839

  Zhou, Ding ^a   Zou, Haoyang ^a   Liu, Min ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Sheng, Yu ^b   Cui, Jianli ^c   Zhang, Hao ^a   Yang, Bai ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aqueous quantum dot; cellulose; ligand dynamics; nanocomposites; white light emitting diode

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CELLULOSE; CHELATION; DIODES; DYNAMICS; LIGANDS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TEMPERATURE;

AQUEOUS QUANTUM DOT; CELLULOSE COMPOSITES; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; COLOR CONVERSIONS; LUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; POST-SYNTHESIS TREATMENT; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84938562402     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03004     Document Type: Article

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