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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: Small. 2010 Jul 19;6(14):1520–1528. doi: 10.1002/smll.200902409

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Schematic illustration of synthesis and silanization of CdTe QDs. All the reactions are completed in water and methanol under mild conditions and open to air. Glutathione is used as the original ligands during QD synthesis. Two silane precursors (MPS and phosphate silane) are used sequentially to generate the silica shell.