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Title
Thermally induced atomic reconstruction of PbSe/CdSe core/shell quantum dots into PbSe/CdSe bi-hemisphere hetero-nanocrystals
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Abstract
The properties of hetero-nanocrystals (HNCs) depend strongly on the mutual arrangement of the nanoscale components. In this work we have investigated the structural and morphological evolution of colloidal PbSe/CdSe core/shell quantum dots upon annealing under vacuum. Prior to annealing the PbSe core has an approximately octahedral morphology with eight {111} facets, and the CdSe shell has zinc-blende crystal structure. Thermal annealing under vacuum at temperatures between 150 °C and 200 °C induces a structural and morphological reconstruction of the HNCs whereby the PbSe core and the CdSe shell are reorganized into two hemispheres joined by a common {111} Se plane. This thermally induced reconstruction leads to considerable changes in the optical properties of the colloidal PbSe/CdSe HNCs.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of materials chemistry / Royal Society of Chemistry [London] - Cambridge, 1991 - 2012
Publication
Cambridge : 2011
ISSN
0959-9428
1364-5501 [online]
DOI
10.1039/C0JM04458J
Volume/pages
21 :31 (2011) , p. 11556-11565
ISI
000293190200018
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
HERODOT: Heterogeneous quantum rod and quantum dot nanomaterials, towards a novel generation of photonic devices
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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