One-pot synthesis of colloidal silicon quantum dots and surface functionalization via thiol-ene click chemistry

Authors

Xiaoyu Cheng, University of New South Wales
Richard Gondosiswanto, University of New South Wales
Simone Ciampi, University of New South WalesFollow
Peter J. Reece, University of New South Wales
J Justin Gooding, University of New South WalesFollow

RIS ID

105108

Publication Details

Cheng, X., Gondosiswanto, R., Ciampi, S., Reece, P. J. & Gooding, J. Justin. (2012). One-pot synthesis of colloidal silicon quantum dots and surface functionalization via thiol-ene click chemistry. Chemical Communications, 48 (97), 11874-11876.

Abstract

A solution method for preparing surface functionalized colloidal silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) is presented. SiQDs prepared by this method are reasonably monodispersed and can be further functionalized via thiol-ene click reactions to introduce specific functionalities (i.e. -NH2, -COOH, -SO 3 -, alkane, alkene).