Sequential microfluidic flow synthesis of CePO4 nanorods decorated with emission tunable quantum dots

Lab Chip. 2010 Oct 7;10(19):2579-82. doi: 10.1039/c005022a. Epub 2010 Aug 2.

Abstract

CePO(4) nanorods decorated with QDs (QDs@CePO(4)) can be prepared in a sequential, aqueous procedure under continuous flow using a rotating tube processor and a narrow channel reactor. The emission from the QD@CePO(4) is tunable from green to red by simply adjusting the feeding rate, which in turn regulates the particle size of the QDs. The Ce(3+) ions in the QDs@CePO(4) serve as an efficient fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) donor, effectively enlarging the Stokes shift of the QDs.

MeSH terms

  • Cerium
  • Crystallization / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Microfluidics / instrumentation*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure*
  • Particle Size
  • Phosphates / chemical synthesis*
  • Quantum Dots*

Substances

  • Phosphates
  • Cerium
  • cerium phosphate