Partitioning surface ligands on nanocrystals for maximal solubility

Zhenfeng Pang; Jun Zhang; Weicheng Cao; Xueqian Kong; Xiaogang Peng

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10389-5

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Partitioning surface ligands on nanocrystals for maximal solubility

Zhenfeng Pang,
Jun Zhang,
Weicheng Cao,
Xueqian Kong,
Xiaogang Peng

Affiliations

Zhenfeng Pang: Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Jun Zhang: Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Weicheng Cao: Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Xueqian Kong: Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Xiaogang Peng: Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10389-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Entropic ligands can dramatically improve the solubility of nanocrystals, but it is not known how these mixed ligand systems actually arrange and interact on a particle surface. Here, the authors use advanced solid-state NMR techniques to understand the partitioning and dynamics of entropic mixed ligand shells on CdSe nanocrystals, and relate this molecular picture to the particles’ macroscopic solubility behavior.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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