Thiol-containing microspheres as polymeric ligands for the   immobilisation of quantum dots

Jonathan H. Behrendt; Mohammad Afzaal; Lois M. Alexander; Mark Bradley; Anna V. Hine; David A. Nagel; Paul O'Brien; Katayune Presland; Andrew J. Sutherland

doi:10.1039/b814261k

Thiol-containing microspheres as polymeric ligands for the immobilisation of quantum dots

Jonathan H. Behrendt, Mohammad Afzaal, Lois M. Alexander, Mark Bradley, Anna V. Hine, David A. Nagel, Paul O'Brien, Katayune Presland, Andrew J. Sutherland

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Abstract

The first demonstration "polymeric ligands" for the immobilisation of quantum dots (QDs) is presented. Specifically, thiol-containing polystyrene microspheres were synthesised and used to incorporate QDs via a swelling/doping strategy. The resultant composite materials were shown to be highly stable against QD leaching in both apolar and polar solvents and retained an identical QD emission profile to non-immobilised QDs. This straightforward approach also allows easy access to controllable and reproducible multiple-QDcontaining microspheres.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-221
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b814261k
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2009

Keywords

polymeric ligands
immobilisation
quantum dots
QDs
thiol-containing polystyrene microspheres
QD leaching
QD emission
non-immobilised QDs
multiple-QDcontaining
microspheres

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