Highly luminescent water-soluble CdTe quantum dots

SF Wuister*, A.N. Swart, F van Driel, SG Hickey, CD Donega, Ingmar Swart

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Abstract

Colloidal CdTe quantum dots prepared in TOP/DDA (trioctylphosphine/dodecylamine) are transferred into water by the use of aminoethanethiol.HCl (AET) or mercaptopropionic acid (MPA). This results in an increase in the photoluminescence quantum efficiency and a longer exciton lifetime. For the first time, water-soluble semiconductor nanocrystals presenting simultaneously high band-edge photoluminescence quantum efficiencies (as high as 60% at room temperature), monoexponential exciton decays, and no observable defect-related emission are obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)503-507
Number of pages5
JournalNano Letters
Volume3
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2003

Keywords

  • CDSE NANOCRYSTALS
  • SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS
  • STABILIZED CDSE
  • CLUSTERS
  • ROUTES
  • YIELD

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