Recognition-Mediated Assembly of Quantum Dot Polymer Conjugates with Controlled Morphology
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Experimental Section
Synthesis of TOPO functionalized CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs)
Ligand exchange reaction
Synthesis of diblock co-polymer [32]
Preparation of QD-polymer aggregates
Characterization
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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Thy-QD | Thy-Poly (10:1) | Thy-Poly (1:1) | Thy-Poly (1:10) | |
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q Å−1 | 0.131 | 0.126 | 0.115 | 0.099 |
d Å−1 | 4.792 | 4.955 | 5.425 | 6.333 |
A1 | τ1 (ns) | A2 | τ2 (ns) | |
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Thy-QD | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 7.0 |
Thy-Poly (10:1) | 0.43 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 6.40 |
Thy-Poly (1:10) | 0.45 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 6.56 |
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Nandwana, V.; Subramani, C.; Eymur, S.; Yeh, Y.-C.; Tonga, G.Y.; Tonga, M.; Jeong, Y.; Yang, B.; Barnes, M.D.; Cooke, G.; et al. Recognition-Mediated Assembly of Quantum Dot Polymer Conjugates with Controlled Morphology. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 6357-6366. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12096357
Nandwana V, Subramani C, Eymur S, Yeh Y-C, Tonga GY, Tonga M, Jeong Y, Yang B, Barnes MD, Cooke G, et al. Recognition-Mediated Assembly of Quantum Dot Polymer Conjugates with Controlled Morphology. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2011; 12(9):6357-6366. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12096357
Chicago/Turabian StyleNandwana, Vikas, Chandramouleeswaran Subramani, Serkan Eymur, Yi-Cheun Yeh, Gulen Yesilbag Tonga, Murat Tonga, Youngdo Jeong, Boqian Yang, Michael D. Barnes, Graeme Cooke, and et al. 2011. "Recognition-Mediated Assembly of Quantum Dot Polymer Conjugates with Controlled Morphology" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 12, no. 9: 6357-6366. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12096357