Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Hydrophilic semiconductor quantum dots

  • Review
  • Published:
High Energy Chemistry Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Comparative analysis of recent literature data on hydrophilization of semiconductor quantum dots, which are actively used at present in various fields, has been performed. The main methods of preparation of hydrophilic quantum dots are considered: synthesis of the particles in aqueous solutions; replacement of hydrophobic ligands with hydrophilic ligands in the shells stabilizing the particles; creation of a second, water-soluble shell around the hydrophobic particles; and various methods of post-preparative treatment to improve photoluminescent properties of quantum dots.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Schlamp, M.C., Peng, X.G., and Alivisatos, A.P., J. Appl. Phys., 1997, vol. 82, no. 11, p. 5837.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Coe, S., Woo, W.K., Bawendi, M.G., and Bulovic, V., Nature, 2002, vol. 420, p. 800.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Huynh, W.U., Dittmer, J.J., Libby, W.C., Whiting, G.L., and Alivisatos, A.P., Adv. Func. Mater., 2003, vol. 13, p. 73.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Klimov, V.I., Phys. Chem., 2000, vol. 104, p. 6112.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Murray, C.B., Norris, D.J., and Bawendi, M.G., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, vol. 115, p. 8706.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Bruchez, M., Moronne, M., Gin, P., Weiss, S., and Alivisatos, A., Science, 1998, vol. 281, p. 2013.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Dubertret, B., Skourides, P., Norris, D., Noireaux, V., Brivanlou, A., and Libchaber, A., Science, 2002, vol. 298, p. 1759.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Wuister, S.F., Swart, I., Van Driel, F., Hickey, S.G., and De Mello Donega, C., Nano Lett., 2003, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 503.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Bailey, R.E., Smith, A.M., and Nie, S., Quantum Dots in Biology and Medicine, Physica E, 2004, p. 1.

  10. Shiojiri, S., Hirai, T., and Komasawa, J., Chem. Commun., 1998, no. 14, p. 1439.

  11. Gaponic, N., Talapin, D.V., Rogach, A.L., Hoppe, K., Shevchenko, E.V., Kornowski, A., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., J. Phys. Chem. B, 2002, vol. 106, p. 7177.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Zang, H., Zhou, Z., Yang, B., and Gao, M., J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, vol. 107, p. 8.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Vossmeyer, T., Katsikas, L., Giersing, M., Popovic, I.G., Diesner, K., Chemseddine, A., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., J. Phys. Chem., 1994, vol. 98, p. 7665.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Rogach, A.L., Katsikas, L., Kornowski, A., Su, D., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., Ber. Bunsen-Ges. Phys. Chem., 1996, vol. 100, no. 11, p. 1772.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Gao, M., Kirstein, S., Mohwald, H., Rogach, A.L., Kornowski, A., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., J. Phys. Chem. B, 1998, vol. 102, p. 8360.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Kurth, D.G., Lehmann, P., and Lesser, C., Chem. Commun., 2000, vol. 11, p. 949.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Gao, M., Sun, J., Dulkeith, E., Gaponik, N., Lemmer, U., and Feldmann, J., Langmuir, 2002, vol. 18, no. 10, p. 4098.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Dong, C., Huang, X., and Ren, J., Annals New York Acad. Sci., 2008, vol. 1130, p. 253.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Bao, H., Gong, Y., Li, Z., and Gao, M., Chem. Mater., 2004, vol. 16, p. 3853.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Kapitonov, A.M., Stupak, A.P., Gaponenko, S.V., Petrov, E.P., Rogach, A.L., and Eychmuller, A., J. Phys. Chem. B, 1999, vol. 103, p. 10109.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Chemseddine, A. and Weller, H., Ber. Bunsen-Ges. Phys. Chem., 1993, vol. 97, no. 4, p. 636.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Zhang, H., Wang, L., Xiong, H., Hu, L., Yang, B., and Li, W., Adv. Mater., 2003, vol. 15, no. 20, p. 1712.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Li, L., Qian, H., and Ren, J., Chem. Commun., 2005, p. 528.

  24. Fang, Z., Liu, L., Xu, L., Yin, X., and Zhong, X., Nanotecnology, 2008, vol. 19, p. 1.

    Google Scholar 

  25. Harrison, M.T., Kershaw, S.V., Burt, M.G., Rogach, A., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., J. Mater. Chem., 1999, vol. 9, p. 2721.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Rogach, A.L., Kornowski, A., Gao, M., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., J. Phys. Chem. B, 1999, vol. 103, p. 3065.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Winter, J.O., Gomez, N., Gatzert, S., Schmidt, C.E., and Korgel, B.A., Colloids Surf., A, 2005, vol. 254, p. 147.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Koneswaran, M. and Narayanaswamy, R., Sen. Actuators, B, 2009, vol. 139, p. 91.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Spanhel, L., Haase, M., Weller, H., and Henglein, A., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, vol. 109, p. 5649.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Rogach, A.L., Kershaw, S.V., Burt, M.G., Harrison, M.T., Kornowski, A., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., Adv. Mater., 1999, vol. 11, p. 552.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. Harrison, M.T., Kershaw, S.V., Burt, M.G., Rogach, A.L., Kornowski, A., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., MRS Symp. Proc., 1999, vol. 536, p. 217.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. Harrison, M.T., Kershaw, S.V., Rogach, A.L., Kornowski, A., Eychmuller, A., and Weller, H., Adv. Mater., 2000, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 123.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. Harrison, M.T., Kershaw, S.V., Burt, M.G., Eychmuller, A., Weller, H., and Rogach, A.L., Mater. Sci. Engineer., B, 2000, p. 355.

  34. Qian, H., Qiu, X., Li, L., and Ren, J., J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, vol. 110, p. 9034.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. Melnig, V., Apostu, M.-O., and Foca, N., J. Nanopart. Res, 2008, vol. 10, p. 171.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. Kho, R., Torres-Martnez, C.L., and Mehra, R.K., J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2000, vol. 227, p. 561.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Andrade, J.J., Brasil, A.G., Farias, P.M.A., Fontes, A., and Santos, B.S., Microelectronics J., 2009, vol. 40, p. 641.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  38. Wang, Q., Xu, Y., Zhao, X., Chang, Y., Liu, Y., Jiang, L., Sharma, J., Seo, D.-K., and Yan, H., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, vol. 129, p. 6380.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  39. Cao, J., Xue, B., Li, H., Deng, D., and Gu, Y., J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2010, (in press).

  40. Yu, W.W., Chang, E., Falkner, J.C., Zhang, J., AlSomali, A.M., Sayes, C.M., Johns, J., Drezek, R., and Colvin, V.L., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, vol. 129, p. 2871.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  41. Dorokhin, D., Tomczak, N., Han, M., Reinhoudt, D.N., Velders, A.H., and Vancso, G.J., ACS Nano, 2009, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 661.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  42. Michalet, X., Pinaud, F.F., Bentolila, L.A., Tsay, J.M., Doose, S., Li, J.J., Sundaresan, G., Wu, A.M., Gambhir, S.S., and Weiss, S., Science, 2005, vol. 307, p. 538.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  43. Pradhan, N., Battaglia, D.M., Liu, Y., and Peng, X., Nano Lett,, 2007, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 312.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  44. Yu, W.W., Chang, E., Drezek, R., and Colvin, V.L., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2006, vol. 348, p. 781.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  45. Wargnier, R., Baranov, A.V., Maslov, V.G., Stsiapura, V., Artemyev, M., Pluot, M., Sukhanova, A., and Nabiev, I., Nano Lett., 2004, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 451.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  46. Wu, Z., Zhao, Y., Qiu, F., Li, Y., Wang, S., Yang, B., Chen, L., Sun, J., and Wang, J., Colloids Surf., A, 2009, vol. 350, p. 121.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  47. Susumu, K., Uyeda, H.T., Medintz, I.L., Pons, T., Deleganty, J.B., and Mattoussi, H., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, vol. 129, no. 45, p. 13987.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  48. Dubois, F., Mahler, B., Dubertret, B., Doris, E., and Mioskowski, C.J., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, vol. 129, no. 3, p. 482.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  49. Liu, W., Howarth, M., Greytak, A.B., Zheng, Y., Nocera, D.G., Ting, A.Y., and Bawendi, M.G., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, vol. 130, no. 4, p. 1274.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  50. Moon, J., Choi, K.-S., Kim, B., Yoon, K.-H., Seong, T.-Y., and Woo, K., J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, vol. 113, p. 7114.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  51. Aldana, J., Wang, Y.A., and Peng, X., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, vol. 123, p. 8844.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  52. Wang, J., Xu, J., Goodman, M.D., Chen, Y., Cai, M., Shinar, J., and Lin, Z., J. Mater. Chem., 2008, vol. 18, p. 3270.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  53. Yildiz, I., McCaughan, B., Cruickshank, S.F., Callan, J.F., and Raymo, F.M., Langmuir, 2009, vol. 25, no. 12, p. 7090.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  54. Tomasulo, M., Yildiz, I., Kaanumalle, S.L., and Raymo, F.M., Langmuir, 2006, vol. 22, no. 24, p. 10284.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  55. Blum, A.S., Moore, M.H., and Ratna, B.R., Langmuir, 2008, vol. 24, p. 9194.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  56. Uyeda, H.T., Medintz, I.L., Jaiswal, J.K., Simon, S.M., and Mattoussi, H., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, vol. 127, p. 3870.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  57. Talapin, D.V., Haubold, S., Rogach, A.L., Kornowski, A., Haase, M., and Weller, H., A, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2001, vol. 105, no. 12, p. 2260.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  58. Sukhanova, A., Venteo, L., Devy, J., Artemyev, M., Oleinicov, V., Pluot, M., and Nabiev, I., Lab. Invest., 2002, vol. 82, p. 1259.

    Google Scholar 

  59. Kim, S.-W., Kim, S., Tracy, J.B., Jasanoff, A., and Bawendi, M.G., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, vol. 127, p. 4556.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  60. Wang, Y.A., Li, J.J., Chen, H., and Peng, X., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, vol. 124, no. 10, p. 2293.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  61. Liu, Y., Kim, M., Wang, Y., Wang, Y.A., and Peng, X., Langmuir, 2006, vol. 22, p. 6341.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  62. Guo, W., Li, J.J., Wang, Y.A., and Peng, X., Chem. Mater., 2003, vol. 15, p. 3125.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  63. Medintz, I.L., Uyeda, H.T., Goldman, E.R., and Mattoussi, H., Nature Mater., 2005, vol. 4, p. 435.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  64. Pellegrino, T., Manna, L., Kudera, S., Liedl, T., Koktysh, D., Rogach, A.L., Keller, S., Radler, J., Natile, G., and Parak, W.J., Nano Lett., 2004, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 703.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  65. Yong, K.-T., Hu, R., Roy, I., Ding, H., Vathy, L.A., Bergey, E.J., Mizuma, M., Maitra, A., and Prasad, P.N., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2009, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 710.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  66. Lees, E.E., Nguyen, T.-L., Clayton, A.H.A., and Mulvaney, P., ACS Nano, 2009, vol. 3, no. 5, p. 1121.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  67. Wang, C., Ma, Q., Dou, W., Kanwal, S., Wang, G., Yuan, P., and Su, X., Talanta, 2009, vol. 77, p. 1358.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  68. Selvan, S.T., Tan, T.T., and Ying, J.Y., Adv. Mater., 2005, vol. 17, p. 1620.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  69. Gerion, D., Pinaud, F., Williams, S.C., Parak, W.J., Zanchet, D., Wiess, S., and Alivisatos, A.P., J. Phys. Chem. B, 2001, vol. 105, p. 8861.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  70. Depalo, N., Comparelli, R., Striccoli, M., Curri, M.L., Fini, P., Giotta, L., and Agostiano, A., J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, vol. 110, no. 35, p. 17388.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  71. Li, H. and Han, C., Chem. Mater., 2008, vol. 20, p. 6053.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  72. Wang, Y., Wong, J.F., Teng, X., Lin, X.Z., and Yang, H., Nano Lett., 2003, vol. 3, no. 11, p. 1555.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  73. Fan, H., Yang, K., Boye, D.M., Sigmon, T., Malloy, K.J., Xu, H., Lopez, G.P., and Brinker, C.J., Science, 2004, vol. 304, p. 567.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  74. Fan, H., Leve, E., Gabaldon, J., Wright, A., Haddad, R.E., and Brinker, C.J., Adv. Mater., 2005, vol. 17, p. 2587.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  75. Fan, H., Gabaldon, J., Brinker, C.J., and Jiang, Y.-B., Chem. Commun., 2006, p. 2323.

  76. Fan, H., Wright, A., Gabaldon, J., Rodriguez, A., Brinker, C.J., and Jiang, Y.-B., Adv. Funct. Mater., 2006, vol. 16, p. 891.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  77. Wright, A., Gabaldon, J., Burckel, D.B., Jiang, Y.-B., Tian, Z.R., Liu, J., Brinker, C.J., and Fan, H., Chem. Mater., 2006, vol. 18, p. 3034.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  78. Fan, H., Leve, E.W., Scullin, C., Gabaldon, J., Tallant, D., Bunge, S., Boyle, T., Wilson, M.C., and Brinker, C.J., Nano Lett., 2005, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 645.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  79. Yang, Y., Li, J., Mu, J., Rong, H., and Jiang, L., Nanotecnology, 2006, vol. 17, p. 461.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Semenova 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 142432, Russia

    S. B. Brichkin & E. V. Chernykh

Authors
  1. S. B. Brichkin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. E. V. Chernykh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to S. B. Brichkin.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © S.B. Brichkin, E.V. Chernykh, 2011, published in Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, 2011, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 3–15.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Brichkin, S.B., Chernykh, E.V. Hydrophilic semiconductor quantum dots. High Energy Chem 45, 1–12 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018143911010061

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018143911010061

Keywords

Search

Navigation