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pH-Responsive quantum dots (RQDs) that combine a fluorescent nanoparticle with a pH-sensitive dye
S Ast1, P J Rutledge, M H Todd
1School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia. peter.rutledge@sydney.edu.au matthew.todd@sydney.edu.au.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
|October 23, 2014
Abstract:
A quantum dot conjugated to a dye through an experimentally simple process of self-assembly exhibits an enhanced emission when the dye is attached, and this effect is pH-sensitive.

