Synthesis and characterization of polystyrene-supported FePt nanoparticles and CdS quantum dots

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2008 Sep;8(9):4752-6. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2008.ic05.

Abstract

We present a general method of supporting nanoparticles by using polymers. As a demonstration, a polystyrene was employed to rigidly support the superparamagnetic FePt nanoparticles and CdS QDs. We successfully fabricated the FePt nanoparticles and CdS QDs rigidly supported in a polystyrene matrix by directly blending the FePt nanoparticles and CdS QDs with the polystyrene at melt state of polystyrene. We characterized them with TEM, XRD, and PL spectrometer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't