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Cationic Silicon Nanocrystals with Colloidal Stability, pH-Independent Positive Surface Charge and Size Tunable Photoluminescence in the Near-Infrared to Red Spectral Range.


ABSTRACT: In this report, the synthesis of a novel class of cationic quaternary ammonium-surface-functionalized silicon nanocrystals (ncSi) using a novel and highly versatile terminal alkyl halide-surface-functionalized ncSi synthon is described. The distinctive features of these cationic ncSi include colloidal stability, pH-independent positive surface charge, and size-tunable photoluminescence (PL) in the biologically relevant near-infrared-to-red spectral region. These cationic ncSi are characterized via a combination of high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, Fourier transform infrared, X-ray photoelectron, and photoluminescence spectroscopies, and zeta potential measurements.

SUBMITTER: Chen KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5066801 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cationic Silicon Nanocrystals with Colloidal Stability, pH-Independent Positive Surface Charge and Size Tunable Photoluminescence in the Near-Infrared to Red Spectral Range.

Chen Kenneth K KK   Liao Kristine K   Casillas Gilberto G   Li Yiying Y   Ozin Geoffrey A GA  

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20160121 2


In this report, the synthesis of a novel class of cationic quaternary ammonium-surface-functionalized silicon nanocrystals (ncSi) using a novel and highly versatile terminal alkyl halide-surface-functionalized ncSi synthon is described. The distinctive features of these cationic ncSi include colloidal stability, pH-independent positive surface charge, and size-tunable photoluminescence (PL) in the biologically relevant near-infrared-to-red spectral region. These cationic ncSi are characterized v  ...[more]

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