title: Surface passivation of luminescent colloidal quantum dots with poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) through a ligand exchange process.
abstract: Polydimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (PDMAEMA) was used as a multidentate ligand to modify the surface of CdSe/ZnS core-shell colloidal quantum dots in toluene with trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) as the surface ligand. Adsorption of PDMAEMA was accompanied by release of TOPO. The process is free of agglomeration, and the modified nanocrystals become soluble in methanol. The photoluminescence properties are well-preserved in either toluene or methanol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6 Ontario Canada.
authors.forename: Xiao-Song
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tieneke E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Dykstra
authors.forename: Mayrose R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Salvador
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Manners
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Scholes
authors.forename: Mitchell A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Winnik