With luminescence quantum efficiencies ranging from
5 to 15%, Cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots (QDs)
are stronger emitters than many organic fluorescent
dyes. Inorganic coated ODs such as (CdSe)ZnS further
increase quantum yield by fully coordinating free
unbound surface electrons by reducing the occurrence
of nonradiative transitions. The electron hole is
confined to the QD core, while the electrons are
delocalized throughout the core/shell structure.
Surface modification of QDs with covalently attached
dendrons offers a means to not only modify
luminosity of the quantum dot,...