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Compact Quantum Dots for Single-molecule Imaging
Published on: October 9, 2012
Organosilane micellization for direct encapsulation of hydrophobic quantum dots into silica beads with highly
Liang Huang1, Zhihui Luo, Heyou Han
1State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|May 17, 2012
Abstract:
Effective silica coating on hydrophobic quantum dots (QDs) was achieved by ultrasonic fragmentation of lipophilic silane-QDs precusor into water-soluble micelles and subsequent silicate deposition. This method allowed high retention of QD fluorescent properties and an easy scaling over the size and loading amount of silica beads.
