title: pH-Responsive quantum dots (RQDs) that combine a fluorescent nanoparticle with a pH-sensitive dye.
abstract: A quantum dot conjugated to a dye through an experimentally simple process of self-assembly exhibits an enhanced emission when the dye is attached, and this effect is pH-sensitive.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia. peter.rutledge@sydney.edu.au matthew.todd@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ast
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rutledge
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Todd