One-pot synthesis of photonic microparticles doped with light-emitting quantum dots.

ABSTRACT: Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) exhibit size-dependent, tuneable optical properties that render them useful in a wide range of technological applications. However, integration of QDs into structured materials remains a significant challenge due to their susceptibility to degradation under chemical or physical perturbations. Here, we present a facile, scalable one-pot co-assembly strategy to embed commercially available CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots into photonic microparticles via the confined self-assembly of a poly(styrene)-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) block copolymer in emulsion droplets. The resulting hybrid particles exhibit a well-defined concentric lamellar structure and the quantum dots are selectively incorporated into the domains formed by the poly(2-vinylpyridine) block

SUBMITTER: Bertucci S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11949258 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature