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Cyclodextrin modified quantum dots with tunable liquid-like behaviour.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2012-01-10)
Juan Zhou, Jin Huang, Demei Tian, Haibing Li
ABSTRACT

Supermolecular quantum dots (QDs) nanofluids have been firstly proposed and synthesized by virtue of the strong inclusion interactions between α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains, resulting in tunable liquid-like behaviour, and controllable assembly of single QDs.

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α-Cyclodextrin, produced by Wacker Chemie AG, Burghausen, Germany, ≥98.0% (HPLC)