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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Sep 26;53(40):10706-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201406330. Epub 2014 Aug 11.

Size-dependent thermochromism through enhanced electron-phonon coupling in 1 nm quantum dots.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Haruna Tamaki, Hiroto Watanabe, Sachiko Kamiyama, Yuya Oaki, Hiroaki Imai

Affiliations

  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522 (Japan).

PMID: 25132195 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406330

Abstract

1 nm CuO quantum dots (QDs) were produced in size-controlled super-micropores of a silica matrix. The reversible color change of the QDs from pale blue to deep green was clearly observed in a wide temperature range from 298 to 673 K. This particular thermochromism is ascribed to an enhanced bandgap shift depending on temperature with a strong electron-phonon coupling in the confined space of the 1 nm QDs.

© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: microporous materials; quantum dots; template synthesis; transition metal oxide

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