Highly luminescent (Zn,Cd)Te/CdSe colloidal heteronanowires with tunable electron-hole overlap.

Groeneveld, Esther; van Berkum, Susanne; van Schooneveld, Matti M; Gloter, Alexandre; Meeldijk, Johannes D; van den Heuvel, Dave J; Gerritsen, Hans C; de Mello Donega, Celso · Nano Lett · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We report the synthesis of ultranarrow (Zn,Cd)Te/CdSe colloidal heteronanowires, using ZnTe magic size clusters as seeds. The wire formation starts with a partial Zn for Cd cation exchange, followed by self-organization into segmented heteronanowires. Further growth occurs by inclusion of CdSe. The heteronanowires emit in the 530 to 760 nm range with high quantum yields. The electron-hole overlap decreases with increasing CdSe volume fraction, allowing the optical properties to be controlled by adjusting the heteronanowire composition.

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