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CHEM 126.04 Nanoscience and Materials Chemistry Lab

Fluorimeter
Nanoscience Chemistry
Advanced Inorganic Lab
Bacterial Fluorescent Protein

Students obtain fluorescence spectra of CdSe quantum dots (QD), which they prepare. The fluorescence band maximum and hence color depends on the particle size of the QDs. Students explore this relationship using the particle-in-a-box model in CHEM 125.