Abstract
The transmission of light through a colloidal solution of hydrogel nanospheres based on poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) polymer depends critically on the refractive index and random light scattering of the medium. These physical properties of the colloidal medium modify the photoluminescence emission from CdTe quantum dots embedded in PNIPAM nanospheres. The optical properties of the quantum dots entrapped within the gel microspheres can be modified by changing the polymer concentration due to change in refractive index or volume density of the surrounding hydrogel medium. A red‐shift of 100 nm has been observed from quantum dots emitting in the green wavelength region as the cell length is increased. This shift is due to resonant energy transfer induced by the larger scattering cross‐section within the medium, which results in a re‐excitation of larger‐sized quantum dots.
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