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Cheong IT, Morrish W, Sheard W, Yu H, Tavares Luppi B, Milburn L, Meldrum A, Veinot JGC. Silicon Quantum Dot-Polymer Fabry-Pérot Resonators with Narrowed and Tunable Emissions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:27149-27158. [PMID: 33983697 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Luminescent silicon nanoparticles have been widely recognized as an alternative for metal-based quantum dots (QDs) for optoelectronics partly because of the high abundance and biocompatibility of silicon. To date, the broad photoluminescence line width (often >100 nm) of silicon QDs has been a hurdle to achieving competitive spectral purity and incorporating them into light-emitting devices. Herein we report fabrication and testing of straightforward configuration of Fabry-Pérot resonators that incorporates a thin layer of SiQD-polymer hybrid/blend between two reflective silver mirrors; remarkably these devices exhibit up-to-14-fold narrowing of SiQD emission and achieve a spectral bandwidth as narrow as ca. 9 nm. Our polymer-based, SiQD-containing Fabry-Pérot resonators also provide convenient spectral tunability, can be prepared using a variety of polymer hosts and substrates, and enable rigid as well as flexible devices.
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- I Teng Cheong
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Hill SKE, Connell R, Held J, Peterson C, Francis L, Hillmyer MA, Ferry VE, Kortshagen U. Poly(methyl methacrylate) Films with High Concentrations of Silicon Quantum Dots for Visibly Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:4572-4578. [PMID: 31909959 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b22903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) are attractive, nontoxic luminophores for luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). Here, we produced Si QD/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films on glass by doctor-blading polymer solutions and achieved films with low light scattering at an order of magnitude higher Si QD weight fraction than has been achieved previously in the bulk. We suggest that the fast solidification rate of films as compared to slow bulk polymerization is an enabling factor in avoiding large agglomerates within the nanocomposites. Scanning electron microscopy confirmed that ∼100 nm or larger QD agglomerates exist in light-scattering films, and photoluminescence intensity measurements show that light scattering, if present, significantly reduces waveguiding efficiencies for LSCs. Nonscattering films fabricated in this work exhibit high ultraviolet absorption (>80%) paired with high visible transmission (>87%) and minimal visible haze (∼1%), making them well suited for semitransparent coatings for LSCs realized as solar harvesting windows.
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- Samantha K E Hill
- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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The Role of Nanoparticle Shapes and Structures in Material Characterisation of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Bionanocomposite Films. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12020264. [PMID: 31991786 PMCID: PMC7077314 DOI: 10.3390/polym12020264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Three different types of nanoparticles, 1D Cloisite 30B clay nanoplatelets, 2D halloysite nanotubes (HNTs), and 3D nanobamboo charcoals (NBCs) were employed to investigate the impact of nanoparticle shapes and structures on the material performance of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) bionanocomposite films in terms of their mechanical and thermal properties, morphological structures, and nanomechanical behaviour. The overall results revealed the superior reinforcement efficiency of NBCs to Cloisite 30B clays and HNTs, owing to their typical porous structures to actively interact with PVA matrices in the combined formation of strong mechanical and hydrogen bondings. Three-dimensional NBCs also achieved better nanoparticle dispersibility when compared with 1D Cloisite 30B clays and 2D HNTs along with higher thermal stability, which was attributed to their larger interfacial regions when characterised for the nanomechanical behaviour of corresponding bionanocomposite films. Our study offers an insightful guidance to the appropriate selection of nanoparticles as effective reinforcements and the further sophisticated design of bionanocomposite materials.
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Effects of surface functionalization and polymerization on anode characteristics of plasma-synthesized silicon nanocrystal active materials for lithium ion battery anode. J IND ENG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2019.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wang J, Zhang Y, Hao H, Shen W. Structural evolution and effective improvement of emission quantum yields for silicon nanocrystals synthesized by femtosecond laser ablation in HF-contained solution. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:015705. [PMID: 30362465 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aae67c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Stable luminescent colloidal silicon (Si) nanocrystals (NCs) with sufficient surface protection are prepared through femtosecond laser ablation in organic solvent containing diverse concentrations of HF solution. The average size of Si NCs shows the decreasing tendency from 6.5 to 2.7 nm when the concentration of HF varies from 0 to 11.1 vol% (volume ratio). In line with the structural evolution, UV-visible absorption, photoluminescence (PL) excitation spectra, and time-resolved PL, we propose that room temperature blue emission peaks at 412 and 440 nm originate from alkyl-related radiative recombination centers. The enhanced PL quantum yield of colloidal Si NCs from 16.3% to 76.5% has been attributed to the effective passivation and suppression of non-radiative defect centers with increasing HF concentration from 0 to 11.1 vol%.
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- Jianjun Wang
- College of Material Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Long Teng Road, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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Huang J, Li Q, Shao Z. Fabricating highly luminescent solid hybrids based on silicon nanoparticles: a simple, versatile and green method. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:10250-10255. [PMID: 29790556 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr00769a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this work, we report a simple but novel method to transfer highly luminescent silicon nanoparticles (Si NPs) from solutions to solids without sacrificing their excellent photoluminescence (PL) properties. Hybrid Si NP/clay phosphors that glowed ultrabright and had colorful PL properties were first obtained. More importantly, large-area and flexible films with superior PL properties can be easily obtained via combining the Si NP/clay hybrids with different kinds of polymer. The Si NP-based phosphors and films from our method show high stabilities with no significant loss of PL performance after long-term storage (several months). In addition, bright yellow-emitting Si NPs were prepared and used as down-converters for white-light-emitting diodes (W-LEDs). Overall, this work presents a simple, versatile and green method to fabricate Si NP-based solid hybrids with superior PL properties, which has promise to be applied in the future in solid-state lighting fields.
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- Jingchun Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Advanced Material Laboratory, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
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Li Z, Zhang B, Song Y, Xue Y, Wu L, Zhang W. Single Molecule Study on Polymer-Nanoparticle Interactions: The Particle Shape Matters. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:7615-7621. [PMID: 28719217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The study on the nanoparticle-polymer interactions is very important for the design/preparation of high performance polymer nanocomposite. Here we present a method to quantify the polymer-particle interaction at single molecule level by using AFM-based single molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS). As a proof-of-concept study, we choose poly-l-lysine (PLL) as the polymer and several different types of polyoxometalates (POM) as the model particles to construct several different polymer nanocomposites and to reveal the binding mode and quantify the binding strength in these systems. Our results reveal that the shape of the nanoparticle and the binding geometry in the composite have significantly influenced the binding strength of the PLL/POM complexes. Our dynamic force spectroscopy studies indicate that the disk-like geometry facilitate the unbinding of PLL/AlMo6 complexes in shearing mode, while the unzipping mode becomes dominate in spherical PLL-P8W48 system. We have also systematically investigated the effects of charge numbers, particle size, and ionic strength on the binding strength and binding mode of PLL/POM, respectively. Our results show that electrostatic interactions dominate the stability of PLL/POM complexes. These findings provide a way for tuning the mechanical properties of polyelectrolyte-nanoparticle composites.
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- Zhandong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130012, China
- Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science , Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130012, China
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Lee DS, Choe DH, Yoo SW, Kim JH, Jeong HD. Organo-Functionalization of Silicon Nanocrystals Synthesized by Inductively Coupled Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.10758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Don-Sung Lee
- Department of Chemistry; Chonnam National University; Gwangju 500-757 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Chonnam National University; Gwangju 500-757 Republic of Korea
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- Vacuum Center; Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science; Daejeon 305-340 Republic of Korea
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- Vacuum Center; Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science; Daejeon 305-340 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Chonnam National University; Gwangju 500-757 Republic of Korea
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Wang J, Wang X, Xu WJ, Xie LH, Liu YY, Yi MD, Huang W. Detection of trapped charges in the blend films of polystyrene/SFDBAO electrets by electrostatic and Kelvin probe force microscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:9412-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00273k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The charge trapping properties of the blend of polystyrene (PS) and a sterically hindered organic semiconductor SFDBAO (spiro[fluorene-9,7-dibenzo[c,h]acridin-5-one]) are investigated by electrostatic and Kelvin probe force microscopy (EFM and KPFM).
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- Jin Wang
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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Dasog M, Kehrle J, Rieger B, Veinot JGC. Silicon Nanocrystals and Silicon-Polymer Hybrids: Synthesis, Surface Engineering, and Applications. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:2322-39. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201506065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Revised: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Mita Dasog
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; California Institute of Technology; 1200 East California Boulevard Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- WACKER-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie; Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- WACKER-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie; Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Alberta; 11227 Saskatchewan Drive Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada
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Dasog M, Kehrle J, Rieger B, Veinot JGC. Silicium-Nanokristalle und Silicium-Polymer-Hybridmaterialien: Synthese, Oberflächenmodifikation und Anwendungen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201506065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Mita Dasog
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; California Institute of Technology; 1200 East California Boulevard Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- WACKER-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie; Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching Deutschland
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- WACKER-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie; Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Alberta; 11227 Saskatchewan Drive Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G2 Kanada
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Review on Physically Flexible Nonvolatile Memory for Internet of Everything Electronics. ELECTRONICS 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/electronics4030424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Höhlein IMD, Werz PDL, Veinot JGC, Rieger B. Photoluminescent silicon nanocrystal-polymer hybrid materials via surface initiated reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:7811-7818. [PMID: 25850065 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr00561b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Silicon-polymer core-shell hybrid materials are obtained via surface initiated reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization from photoluminescent silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs). Polymer grafted SiNCs and free polymers in solution are separated using ultracentrifugation. The polymerization on the surface proceeds in a living manner which is confirmed via GPC, DLS and TGA measurements. This method was applied to various other monomers. The obtained materials all show bright red photoluminescence originating from the SiNC core.
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- Ignaz M D Höhlein
- Wacker-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
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