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Modulation of the solubility of luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals through facile surface functionalization
Tommaso Avellini1, Christophe Lincheneau, Marcello La Rosa
1Photochemical Nanosciences Laboratory, Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy. alberto.credi@unibo.it.
Abstract:
The solubility of luminescent quantum dots in solvents from hexane to water can be finely tuned by the choice of the countercations associated with carboxylate residues present on the nanocrystal surface. The resulting nanocrystals exhibit long term colloidal and chemical stability and maintain their photophysical properties.

