One-pot encapsulation of luminescent quantum dots synthesized in aqueous solution by amphiphilic polymers

• Main Authors: Yuwen, Lihui, Bao, Biqing, Liu, Ge, Tian, Jing, Lu, Haoting, Luo, Zhimin, Zhu, Xingrong, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Zhang, Hua, Wang, Lianhui
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94644; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8642
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A simple one-pot polymer encapsulation method is developed for group II–VI semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) synthesized in aqueous solution. The micelles of amphiphilic polymers, such as octadecylamine-modified poly(acrylic acid), capture and encapsulate the QDs when the original hydrophilic ligands...