Layer-by-layer aqueous synthesis, characterization and fluorescence properties of type-II CdTe/CdS core/shell quantum dots with near-infrared emission
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A layer-by-layer epitaxial method was developed to synthesize water-soluble, near-infrared (NIR)-emitting type-II core–shell CdTe/CdS quantum dots (QDs) via employing glutathione-capped CdTe QDs as core templates, CdCl2 and thiourea as shell precursors.