Editing Surfactant (section)

===Quantum dot preparation===
Surfactants are used with [[quantum dot]]s in order to manipulate their growth,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Nanocrystals and Close-Packed Nanocrystal Assemblies |journal=[[Annual Review of Materials Research]] |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=545–610 |year=2000 |doi=10.1146/annurev.matsci.30.1.545|bibcode = 2000AnRMS..30..545M |last1=Murray |first1=C. B. |last2=Kagan |first2=C. R. |last3=Bawendi |first3=M. G. }}</ref> assembly, and electrical properties, in addition to mediating reactions on their surfaces. Research is ongoing in how surfactants arrange themselves on the surface of the quantum dots.<ref name="pmid24876347">{{cite journal | vauthors = Zherebetskyy D, Scheele M, Zhang Y, Bronstein N, Thompson C, Britt D, Salmeron M, Alivisatos P, Wang LW | title = Hydroxylation of the surface of PbS nanocrystals passivated with oleic acid | journal = Science | volume = 344 | issue = 6190 | pages = 1380–4 | date = June 2014 | pmid = 24876347 | doi = 10.1126/science.1252727 | bibcode = 2014Sci...344.1380Z | s2cid = 206556385 | url = https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6p2408jt | access-date = 24 June 2019 | archive-date = 26 March 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200326084747/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6p2408jt | url-status = live }}</ref>