Patent Description:
The present disclosure relates to a type of fluorescent quantum dots and a preparation method thereof, particularly to alloyed fluorescent quantum dots and a preparation method thereof, and high-quantum efficiency near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots as well as a preparation method and use thereof, belonging to the field of material science and technology.

Fluorescence imaging technology has the advantages of noncontact, real-time images, high sensitivity, convenient economy, and no radiological hazards, which has a wide disclosure prospect in biomedical researches and clinical practices, especially in the aspect of fluorescent image surgical navigation. According to the wavelength range of fluorescence imaging, the fluorescence imaging mainly includes visible light fluorescence imaging (<NUM>-<NUM>) and near-infrared fluorescence imaging (<NUM>-<NUM>). In biological imaging, near-infrared light can be divided into two optical windows: the first near-infrared region (<NUM>-<NUM>, NIR-I) and the second near-infrared II region (<NUM>-<NUM>, NIR-II). NIR-fluorescence is a new fluorescence window in an in vivo fluorescence imaging research in the past ten years. The attenuation coefficient of NIR-II photons in living tissues is significantly reduced compared with those in visible light region and NIR-I region (<NPL>. ), and therefore NIR-II fluorescence has a higher tissue penetration depth and space resolution in in vivo imaging.

As an excellent fluorescent light-emitting material, quantum dots have the characteristics of high biocompatibility, high quantum efficiency, adjustable excitation and emission wavelengths, easy surface functionalization and the like, and have extremely wide applications in researches on in-vivo imaging, light-emitting diodes, photoelectric detectors, lasers, photovoltaic cells and the like. However, the existing fluorescent quantum dots, such as lead sulfide, cadmium telluride, lead selenide, mercury telluride and silver selenide, have relatively low absolute fluorescent quantum yield, or a part of fluorescent quantum dots contain toxic heavy metal elements, leading to a fact that fluorescent intensity and toxicity cannot be simultaneously considered. Therefore, it is urgent to develop novel fluorescent quantum dots with continuously adjustable single emission, high fluorescence quantum efficiency and high biocompatibility in a visible-near infrared full window (<NUM>-<NUM>).

The non-patent document titled "<NPL>) discloses that semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) with photoluminescence (PL) emission at <NUM>-<NUM> (denoted as the second near-infrared window, NIR-II) exhibit significantly reduced photon absorption and scattering, thereby stimulating extensive research in biomedical imaging and NIR devices. In this study, an alloyed silver gold selenide (AgAuSe) QD with a bright emission from <NUM> to <NUM> was designed and synthesized, achieving a record absolute photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of <NUM>% at <NUM> emission among NIR-II QDs, without any toxic elements and boasting a long lifetime of <NUM>.

The non-patent document titled "Synthesis of Ag/AgCuS/CuInS<NUM> hybrid nanoparticles by reductive cation exchange and their asymmetric heterostructure" (authored by <NPL>) discloses Ag/AgCuS/CuInS<NUM> hybrid nanoparticles (HNPs) synthesized via a reductive cation exchange method. In this study, the preparation method of fluorescent quantum dots involves reacting silver acetate with copper and <NUM>-dodecanethiol in a polar organic solvent to obtain AgCuS quantum dots. Subsequently, ion exchange with indium at <NUM> yields AgCuS/CuInS<NUM> nanoparticles. The AgCuS composite nanoparticles have a diameter of <NUM>.

The patent application publication no. <CIT> relates to semiconductor nanocrystals. A semiconductor nanocrystal include a first I-III-VI semiconductor material and have a luminescence quantum yield of at least <NUM>%, at least <NUM>%, or at least <NUM>%. The nanocrystal can be substantially free of toxic elements. Populations of the nanocrystals can have an emission FWHM of no greater than <NUM> eV. In this application, synthesis of AglnSe<NUM> nanocrystals with a quantum yield of <NUM>% or greater is disclosed. The semiconductor nanocrystals can have emission quantum efficiencies of greater than <NUM>%.

Although the above-mentioned prior art documents disclose improvements regarding the preparation methods of quantum dots, the need persists for a method controllable under experimental conditions, consuming less energy, and yielding high quantum yield quantum dots.

The main objective of the present disclosure is to provide high-quantum efficiency fluorescent quantum dots as well as a preparation method and use thereof, overcoming the shortcomings in the properties of the existing quantum dots.

In order to realize the foregoing objective, the present disclosure adopts the following technical solution:.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a preparation method of alloyed fluorescent quantum dots, comprising:.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots prepared by the above method, wherein the fluorescence emission peak of the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots has a wavelength of <NUM>-<NUM>.

Further, the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots are AgAuSe and AgAuS, and wherein the quantum yield of AgAuS quantum dots is <NUM>% and the quantum yield of AgAuSe quantum dots is more than <NUM>% and less than or equal to <NUM>%.

Further, the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots comprise doped alloyed fluorescent quantum dots.

Further, the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots have a core-shell structure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a preparation method of a near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots, comprising:.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide the near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots prepared by the above method, wherein the near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots have a diameter of <NUM>-<NUM> with uniform size distribution, a fluorescence emission peak wavelength of <NUM>-<NUM> and an absolute quantum yield of more than <NUM>% and less than or equal to <NUM>%.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide use of the above any alloyed fluorescent quantum dots or near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots in the fields of biological imaging, biomedicines or near-infrared devices (such as a near-infrared light-emitting diode, a solar cell, a photoelectric detector or a laser) and the like.

Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has the beneficial effects:.

For more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the present disclosure, embodiments or drawings used in the description of the prior art will be simply introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and persons of ordinary skill in the art can also obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creative efforts.

As previously mentioned, since the existing fluorescent quantum dots such as lead sulfide, cadmium telluride, lead selenide, mercury telluride and silver selenide have relatively low absolute fluorescent quantum yield, and meanwhile a part of the existing fluorescent quantum dots contain toxic heavy metal elements, so fluorescent intensity and toxicity cannot be simultaneously considered. Through long-term research and lots of practices, the inventors of this case found that alloyed quantum dots in which some elements are subjected to ion exchange with silver-based quantum dots have good optical property. Next, the technical solution of the present disclosure will be explained and illustrated in detail.

As one aspect of the technical solution of the present disclosure, provided is a preparation method of alloyed fluorescent quantum dots, comprising:.

In some embodiments, the silver source comprises a silver salt which comprises a combination of any one or more than two of silver chloride, silver bromide, silver iodide, silver sulfate, silver nitrate, silver carbonate, silver acetate, silver sulfide, silver trifluoroacetate and silver diethyldithiocarbamate, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, a mass ratio of the silver source to the negative ion source is <NUM>-<NUM>: <NUM>-<NUM>.

In some embodiments, the solvothermal reaction lasts for <NUM>-<NUM> at <NUM>-<NUM>.

In some preferred embodiments, the silver-based quantum dot precursor comprises a combination of any one or more than two of Ag<NUM>S, Ag<NUM>Se and Ag<NUM>Te, but is not limited thereto.

Further, in some more typical embodiments, the preparation method also comprises: dissolving silver nitrate into oleylamine, adding a sulfur source, reacting for <NUM> at <NUM>, and then washing to obtain a target product silver-based quantum dots precursor.

In some preferred embodiments, the preparation method can comprise: dissolving <NUM>-<NUM> of silver salt into a solvent.

Further, the preparation method specifically comprises: mixing the silver sulfide precursor with a gold source and reacting at <NUM> to obtain silver gold sulfur fluorescent quantum dots.

Further, the preparation method also comprises: washing the obtained silver gold sulfur fluorescent quantum dots after the reaction is ended.

In some embodiments, a mass ratio of the silver-based quantum dot precursor to the metal positive ion source is <NUM>-<NUM>: <NUM>-<NUM>.

Further, the metal positive ion source comprises a combination of any one or more than two of ferric chloride, ferrous chloride, ferric sulfate, ferrous sulfate, ferric nitrate, cobalt chloride, cobalt nitrate, cobalt sulfate, cobalt acetate, nickel chloride, nickel nitrate, nickel sulfate, nickel acetate, copper sulfate, copper acetate , copper nitrate, copper chloride, cuprous chloride, zinc acetate, zinc nitrate, zinc sulfate, zinc chloride, sodium chloroaurate, chloroauric acid, gold nitrate, gold chloride, gold hydroxide, gold oxide, palladium acetate, palladium nitrate, palladium chloride, chloroplatinic acid, sodium chloroplatinate, potassium chloroplatinate, indium acetate and indium chloride, but is not limited thereto.

Where, the silver salt, the negative ion source, the solvent and the metal positive ion source and the like described above can be selected from types listed as above, but are not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the preparation method specifically comprises:.

Where, the metal positive ion uses a gold source and the negative ion source uses a sulfur source, as one of more specific embodiments, the preparation method of the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots can comprise the following steps:.

The final product alloyed fluorescent quantum dots prepared in the present disclosure have uniform size distribution, a fluorescence emission peak wavelength of <NUM>-<NUM>, preferably <NUM>-<NUM>, and an ultrahigh absolute quantum efficiency (<NUM>%), and meanwhile does not contain any toxic heavy metal elements. Furthermore, the yield of the final product is relatively high, and the preparation process is easy to amplify the reaction scale.

As another aspect of the technical solution of the present disclosure, also provided are the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots prepared by the above method, which have a homogeneous morphology size and a high absolute quantum yield, does not contain any toxic heavy metal elements, and has an important disclosure prospect in the fields of biological imaging, biological medicines or near-infrared devices.

Further, the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots can preferably comprise a combination of any one or more than two of AgAuTe, CuAgS, CuAgSe and AgInTe2, but is not limited thereto. (Embodiment not covered by the claimed invention.

Further, the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots comprise doped alloyed fluorescent quantum dots; preferably, for example, a combination of any one or more than two of manganese-doped silver selenide fluorescent quantum dots, nickel-doped silver telluride fluorescent quantum dots, indium-doped silver sulfide fluorescent quantum dots and cobalt-doped silver sulfide fluorescent quantum dots, but are not limited thereto. (Embodiment not covered by the claimed invention.

Further, the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots have a core-shell structure; for example, the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots preferably comprise a combination of any one or more than two of Ag<NUM>S@ZnS, Ag<NUM>Te@Ag<NUM>S, Ag<NUM>Te@Ag<NUM>Se, Ag<NUM>Se@Ag<NUM>S, Ag<NUM>Se@Ag<NUM>Te, Ag<NUM>S@Ag<NUM>Se, Ag<NUM>S@Ag<NUM>Te, Ag<NUM>Se@ZnS, Ag<NUM>Se@ZnSe and Ag<NUM>S@MnS, but are not limited thereto. (Embodiment not covered by the claimed invention.

Another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure also provides a preparation method of near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots, comprising:.

In some embodiments, the preparation method mainly comprises: dissolving the silver source into the solvent to be evenly mixed and carrying out solvothermal reaction to prepare silver selenide quantum dots; and mixing the above silver selenide quantum dots with gold source, and carrying out positive ion exchange reaction at room temperature to obtain high-quantum efficiency near-infrared silver gold selenium quantum dots which have a fluorescence emission wavelength of <NUM>-<NUM>.

In some preferred embodiments, the preparation method of the high-quantum efficiency near-infrared silver gold selenium quantum dots can specifically comprise:.

In some embodiments, the preparation method comprises: evenly mixing a silver source with a solvent, and adding a selenium source, so as to form the third evenly mixed reaction system.

In some embodiments, the preparation method specifically comprises: carrying out solvothermal reaction on the third evenly mixed reaction system for <NUM>-<NUM> at <NUM>-<NUM> to prepare the silver selenide quantum dots precursor.

In some embodiments, a mass ratio of the silver source to the selenium source is <NUM>-<NUM>:<NUM>-<NUM>. That is to say, the preparation method comprises: dissolving the silver source and the selenium source which are in a mass ratio of <NUM>-<NUM>: <NUM>-<NUM> into the solvent.

The preparation process of the silver selenide precursor provided by the present disclosure is the solvothermal reaction, which is simple in steps, controllable in experiment conditions, simple and available in used reagents, high in final product yield, and suitable for large-scale production.

In some embodiments, the preparation method comprises: evenly mixing the silver selenide quantum dots precursor and the gold source with the solvent to form the fourth evenly mixed reaction system.

In some embodiments, a mass ratio of the silver selenide quantum dots to the gold source is <NUM>-<NUM>: <NUM>-<NUM>. That is to say, the preparation method comprises: dissolving the silver selenide quantum dots precursor and the gold source which are in a mass ratio of <NUM>-<NUM>: <NUM>-<NUM> into the solvent.

In some embodiments, the silver salt comprises a combination of any one or more two of silver chloride, silver bromide, silver iodide, silver sulfate, silver nitrate, silver carbonate, silver sulfide, silver trifluoroacetate and silver diethyldithiocarbamate, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the selenium source comprises a combination of any one or more than two of selenium dioxide, selenium powder, sodium selenate, sodium selenite, sodium selenide and diphenyl diselenide, but is not limited thereto.

The weakly polar solvent comprises a combination of any one or more than two of oleylamine, oleic acid, octadecene, octadecylamine, dodecylamine, tetradecylamine, dodecanethiol, octanethiol and octadecanethiol, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the gold source comprises a combination of any one or more than two of sodium chloroaurate, chloroauric acid, gold nitrate, gold chloride, gold hydroxide, gold oxide, gold nanorods and gold particles, but is not limited thereto.

The silver salt, the negative ion source, the solvent and the metal positive ion source and the like described above can be selected from types listed as above, but are not limited thereto.

Further, in a typical embodiment, the preparation method can comprise: dissolving silver nitrate into oleylamine, adding a selenium source, reacting for <NUM>-<NUM> at <NUM>, and then washing to obtain a target product silver selenide quantum dots precursor.

Further, a mass ratio of the silver salt to the selenium source is <NUM>-<NUM>: <NUM>-<NUM>.

Further, the preparation method specifically comprises: mixing the silver selenide precursor with a gold source, and reacting at <NUM>-<NUM> to obtain near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

Further, the preparation method also comprises: washing the obtained silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots after the reaction is ended.

Where, as one of more specific embodiments, the preparation method can comprise the following steps:.

In the present disclosure, the silver selenide quantum dots are prepared through a simple high-temperature solvothermal method, and then the silver gold selenium quantum dots are obtained by a cation exchange method, so the synthesis process is simple in steps, controllable in experiment conditions, simple and available in used reagents, high in final product yield and suitable for large-scale production.

The final product near-infrared silver gold seleniuim fluorescent quantum dots prepared in the present disclosure has uniform size distribution, fluorescence emission peak wavelength of <NUM>-<NUM>, preferably <NUM>-<NUM>, and ultrahigh absolute quantum yield (more than <NUM>% and less than or equal to <NUM>%), and meanwhile does not contain any toxic heavy metal elements. Furthermore, the yield of the final product is relatively high, and the preparation process is easy to amplify the reaction scale.

Further, the preparation process of the present disclosure can also be expanded into preparation processes of other near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots, has a high yield and is easy to amply the reaction scale.

As another aspect of the technical solution of the present disclosure, also provided are the near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots prepared by the above method.

Further, the near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots have a diameter of <NUM>-<NUM>.

Further, the near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots have a fluorescence emission peak wavelength of <NUM>-<NUM>, preferably <NUM>-<NUM>, and absolute quantum yield of more than <NUM>% and less than or equal to <NUM>%), and meanwhile does not contain any toxic heavy metal elements.

As another aspect of the technical solution of the present disclosure, the present disclosure also provides near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots, which have homogeneous morphology and size, and high absolute quantum yield, and do not contain any toxic heavy metal elements, and have important disclosure prospect in the fields of biological imaging, biological medicines or near-infrared devices.

Another aspect of the Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide use of the above any alloyed fluorescent quantum dots or near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots in the fields of biological imaging, biomedicines or near-infrared devices.

Further, the near-infrared devices can be near-infrared light-emitting diodes, solar cells, photoelectric detectors or lasers, or the like, but is not limited thereto.

In summary, in the present disclosure, the silver-based quantum dots are prepared by using the simple high-temperature solvothermal method, and then the alloyed quantum dots are obtained by using the ion exchange method. The synthesis process is simple and controllable, high yield and can be used for large-scale preparation. Furthermore, the fluorescence emission of the alloyed quantum dots can is adjusted from visible light to near-infrared light region. Moreover, the alloyed quantum dots have excellent photostability and meanwhile do not contain any toxic heavy metal elements, and have wide disclosure prospect in the fields of biological imaging, near-infrared devices and the like.

In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the disclosure clearer, the technical solution of the present disclosure is further described in detail below in combination with several preferred embodiments. However, the disclosure is not limited to the following embodiments. Unless otherwise specified, various reagents used in the following embodiments are well known to those skilled in the art and can be obtained through market purchase and other means. The experimental methods without specific conditions in the following embodiments are usually in accordance with the conventional conditions or the conditions recommended by the manufacturer.

<NUM> of silver nitrate was dissolved into <NUM> of oleylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of sulfur powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver sulfide precursor, then <NUM> of chloroauric acid was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain silver gold sulfur fluorescent quantum dots.

It can be seen from <FIG> that the silver gold sulfur fluorescent quantum dots obtained in this example has a homogenous morphology size which is about <NUM>.

The above silver gold sulfur quantum dots were dispersed into chloroform. The absorption spectrum of the above silver gold sulfur quantum dots was measured using a visible-near infrared absorption spectrometer. It can be seen that the quantum dots have strong absorption in a visible-infrared region, as shown in <FIG>. The luminescence spectrum and the absolute fluorescent quantum yield of the above silver gold sulfur quantum dots were further measured using a near-infrared fluorescent spectrometer. It can be seen from <FIG> that the silver gold sulfur quantum dots are emitted at <NUM>-<NUM>, and it can be seen from <FIG> that the absolute quantum efficiency of the silver gold sulfur quantum dots is <NUM>%.

<NUM> of silver acetate was dissolved into <NUM> of oleylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of sulfur powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver sulfide precursor, then <NUM> of cuprous chloride was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain silver copper sulfur fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver nitrate was dissolved into <NUM> of octadecylthiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of tellurium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver telluride precursor, then <NUM> of selenium powder was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain silver selenium tellurium fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver trifluoroacetate was dissolved into <NUM> of dodecylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of selenium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide precursor, then <NUM> of chloroplatinic acid was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain silver platinum selenium fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver chloride was dissolved into <NUM> of octanethiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of sulfur powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver sulfide precursor, then <NUM> of ferrous chloride was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain silver iron selenium fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver sulfide was dissolved into <NUM> of cetylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of selenium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide precursor, then <NUM> of palladium chloride was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain palladium silver selenium fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver iodide was dissolved into <NUM> of oleylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of selenium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide precursor, then <NUM> of manganese chloride was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain manganese-doped silver selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver acetate was dissolved into <NUM> of oleylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of selenium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenium precursor, then <NUM> of sulfur powder was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain Ag<NUM>Se@Ag<NUM>S fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver sulfate was dissolved into <NUM> of octadecylthiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of tellurium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver telluride precursor, then <NUM> of sulfur powder and <NUM> of zinc acetate were added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain Ag<NUM>Te@ZnS fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver diethyldithiocarbamate was dissolved into <NUM> of octadecylthiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of tellurium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver telluride precursor, then <NUM> of nickel acetate was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain nickel-doped silver telluride fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver acetate was dissolved into <NUM> of dodecanethiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of sulfur powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver sulfide precursor, then <NUM> of indium acetate was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain indium-doped silver sulfide fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver carbonate was dissolved into <NUM> of dodecanethiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of sulfur powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver sulfide precursor, then <NUM> of cobalt chloride was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain cobalt-doped silver sulfide fluorescent quantum dots.

In addition, the inventors of this case also utilize other raw materials listed as above and other process conditions to replace various raw materials and corresponding process conditions in examples <NUM>-<NUM> to perform corresponding tests, the morphologies, performances and others of the obtained alloyed fluorescent quantum dots are ideal and basically similar to those of products in examples <NUM>-<NUM>.

<NUM> of silver nitrate was dissolved into <NUM> of oleylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of selenium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide quantum dots precursor (<NUM>), then <NUM> of chloroauric acid was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

It can be seen from <FIG> that the near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots obtained in this example has a homogenous product morphology size which is about <NUM>, wherein <FIG> is a transmission electron microscopy image of near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots, <FIG> is a high-resolution transmission electron microscopy image of near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots. Please refer to <FIG>. It can be seen through powder X-ray diffraction and energy dispersion X ray spectrums that this nanoparticle material is a silver gold selenium compound.

The above silver gold selenium quantum dots were dispersed into chloroform. The luminescence spectrum and the absolute fluorescent quantum yield of the silver gold selenium quantum dots were measured using a near-infrared fluorescent spectrometer. It can be seen from <FIG> that the silver gold selenium quantum dots are emitted at <NUM>-<NUM>, and has an absolute quantum efficiency of <NUM>%.

<NUM> of silver carbonate was dissolved into <NUM> of octanethiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of selenium dioxide was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide quantum dots precursor (<NUM>), then <NUM> of gold nitrate was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver bromide was dissolved into <NUM> of oleylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of sodium selenate was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide quantum dots precursor (<NUM>), then <NUM> of sodium chloroaurate was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver chloride was dissolved into <NUM> of dodecanethiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of sodium selenide was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide quantum dots precursor (<NUM>), then <NUM> of gold chloride was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver iodide was dissolved into <NUM> of octadecylamine and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of diphenyl diselenide was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide quantum dots precursor (<NUM>), then <NUM> of gold hydroxide was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver diethyldithiocarbamate was dissolved into <NUM> of octadecylthiol and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of selenium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide quantum dots precursor (<NUM>), then <NUM> of gold oxide was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

<NUM> of silver trifluoroacetate was dissolved into <NUM> of octadecene and subjected to ultrasonic homodisperse, subsequently <NUM> of selenium powder was added, the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain a silver selenide quantum dots precursor (<NUM>), then <NUM> of gold nanorods was added, and the above materials reacted for <NUM> at <NUM> to obtain near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots.

In addition, the inventors of this case also utilize other raw materials listed as above and other process conditions to replace various raw materials and corresponding process conditions in examples <NUM>-<NUM> to perform corresponding tests, the morphologies, performances and others of the obtained near-infrared silver gold selenide fluorescent quantum dots are ideal and basically similar to those of products in examples <NUM>-<NUM>.

In summary, in the present disclosure, the silver-based quantum dots are prepared by using the simple high-temperature solvothermal method, and then the alloyed quantum dots are obtained by using the ion exchange method. The synthesis process is simple and controllable, high yield and can be used for large-scale preparation. Furthermore, the fluorescence emission of the alloyed quantum dot can perform fluorescence emission is adjusted in a visible light-near-infrared light region. Moreover, the alloyed quantum dot has excellent photostability and meanwhile does not contain any toxic heavy metal elements, and has wide disclosure prospect in the fields of biological imaging, near-infrared devices and the like.

Claim 1:
A preparation method of alloyed fluorescent quantum dots, comprising:
carrying out solvothermal reaction on a first evenly mixed reaction system comprising a silver source, a negative ion source, and a solvent to prepare a silver-based quantum dots precursor;
wherein the solvent comprises at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of oleylamine, oleic acid, octadecene, octadecylamine, dodecylamine, tetradecylamine, dodecanethiol, octanethiol, and octadecanethiol and
carrying out ion exchange reaction on a second evenly mixed reaction system comprising the silver-based quantum dots precursor, the negative ion source and/or a metal positive ion source at <NUM>-<NUM> for <NUM>-<NUM> to obtain the alloyed fluorescent quantum dots;
wherein metal elements contained in the metal positive ion source comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Au, Pd, Pt, and In and
wherein the negative ion source comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfur source, a selenium source, and a tellurium source;
wherein the sulfur source comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of sulfur, sodium thiosulfate, sodium sulfide, and thiourea,
wherein the selenium source comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of selenium dioxide, selenium, sodium selenate, sodium selenite, sodium selenide, and diphenyl diselenide,
wherein the tellurium source comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of tellurium, sodium tellurite, and sodium tellurium hydride.