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SUBMITTER: Yu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3580235 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Yixuan Y Hessel Colin M CM Bogart Timothy D TD Panthani Matthew G MG Rasch Michael R MR Korgel Brian A BA
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 20130124 5
H-terminated Si nanocrystals undergo room temperature hydrosilylation with bifunctional alkenes with distal polar moieties-ethyl ester, methyl ester, or carboxylic acids-without the aid of light or added catalyst. The passivated Si nanocrystals exhibit bright photoluminescence (PL) and disperse in polar solvents, including water. We propose a reaction mechanism in which ester or carboxylic acid groups facilitate direct nucleophilic attack of the highly curved Si surface of the nanocrystals by th ...[more]