THE SYNTHESIS OF CORE-SHELL METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMATERIALS

摘要

A solution-based route to biocompatible, cysteine-capped gold-zinc telluride (Au-ZnTe) core/shell nanoparticles with potential in biomedical applications is described. The optical properties of the core/shell nanoparticles show no features of the individual parent components. The tunable emission properties of the semiconductor shell render the system useful for imaging and biological labelling applications.