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NANOSCALE
Volume 5, Issue 24, Pages 12018-12032Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr03949h
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
- A*STAR Joint Council Office [10/03/FG/06/07]
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Quantum Dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanocrystals with distinct photophysical properties finding applications in biology, biosensing, and optoelectronics. Polymeric coatings of QDs are used primarily to provide long-term colloidal stability to QDs dispersed in solutions and also as a source of additional functional groups used in further chemical derivatization of the nanoparticles. We review the coating methods, including multidentate and amphiphilic polymeric coatings, and grafting-to and grafting-from approaches. We highlight the most commonly used polymers and discuss how their chemical structure influences the coating properties.
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