Synthesis and Properties of Biocompatible Water-Soluble Silica-Coated CdSe/ZnS Semiconductor Quantum Dots

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. B Vol. 105; no. 37; pp. 8861 - 8871
• Main Authors: Gerion, Daniele, Pinaud, Fabien, Williams, Shara C, Parak, Wolfgang J, Zanchet, Daniela, Weiss, Shimon, Alivisatos, A. Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 20.09.2001

We describe the synthesis of water-soluble semiconductor nanoparticles and discuss and characterize their properties. Hydrophobic CdSe/ZnS core/shell nanocrystals with a core size between 2 and 5 nm are embedded in a siloxane shell and functionalized with thiol and/or amine groups. Structural charac...