title: Alternative chiral thiols for preparation of chiral CdS quantum dots covered immediately by achiral thiols.
abstract: Developing of alternative chiral thiol stabilizers from the assembly of achiral thiol (e.g. thioglycolic acid) and chiral ligand (e.g. arginine) via both hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions was proposed and successfully applied to an efficient preparation of chiral CdS quantum dots (QDs). Chiral CdS QDs capped mainly with achiral thioglycolic acid were also obtained that may allow the chiral QDs to be modified for extended applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and the MOE Key Laboratory of Analytical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ke-Yi
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jin-Song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yun-Bao
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D045663:Quantum Dots; D055672:Static Electricity; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013864:Thioglycolates / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; D013864:Thioglycolates; C034939:cadmium sulfide