Preparation of colloidal solution of silica encapsulating cyanobiphenyl unit-capped ZnO QD emitting in the blue region

C. Neaime (1) , M. Amela-Cortes (1) , F. Grasset (1, 2) , M. Zakhour (3) , Y Molard (1)

1 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
2 LINK - Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials and Structures
3 LCPM - Laboratoire de Chimie Physique des Matériaux

The encapsulation of ZnO nanoparticles (5 nm) coated by cyanobiphenyl units by the sol-gel technique leads to spherical ZnO@SiO2 nanoparticles displaying blue emission under UV excitation

Domains: Chemical Sciences

C. Neaime, M. Amela-Cortes, F. Grasset, M. Zakhour, Y Molard. Preparation of colloidal solution of silica encapsulating cyanobiphenyl unit-capped ZnO QD emitting in the blue region. Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45 (3), pp.886--890. ⟨10.1039/c5dt03851k⟩. ⟨hal-01254802⟩