title: 'Clickable' ZnO nanocrystals: the superiority of a novel organometallic approach over the inorganic sol-gel procedure.
abstract: We demonstrate for the first time a highly efficient Cu(i)-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition reaction on the surface of ZnO nanocrystals with retention of their photoluminescence properties. Our comparative studies highlight the superiority of a novel self-supporting organometallic method for the preparation of brightly luminescent and well-passivated ZnO nanocrystals over the traditional sol-gel procedure.
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland. lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl and Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grala
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland. lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolska-Pietkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland. lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Danowski
authors.affiliation: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wróbel
authors.affiliation: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland and Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Wołoska 141, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grzonka
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland. lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl and Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewiński