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J Phys Chem Lett. 2015 Nov 05;6(21):4292-6. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02015. Epub 2015 Oct 14.

Ligand Surface Chemistry Dictates Light Emission from Nanocrystals.

The journal of physical chemistry letters

Michael M Krause, Lakshay Jethi, Timothy G Mack, Patanjali Kambhampati

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, McGill University , 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec H3A 0B8, Canada.

PMID: 26538044 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02015

Abstract

There are several contradictory accounts of the changes to the emissive behavior of semiconductor nanocrystal upon a ligand exchange from trioctylphosphine/cadmium-phosphonates passivation to N-butylamine. This communication explains the contradictory accounts of this reaction using new insights into ligand chemistry. Also, a previously unknown link between surface emission and cadmium-phosphonate (Z-type) ligands is shown.

Keywords: ligand; n-butylamine; nanocrystal; phosphonate

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