The luminescence properties of colloidal quantum dots

Investigation of Steady-State and Time-dependent Luminescence Properties of Colloidal InGaP Quantum Dots

Quantum dots play a promising role in the development of novel optical and biosensing devices. In this study, we investigated steady state and time-dependent luminescence properties of InGaP/ZnS core/shell colloidal quantum dots in a solution phase at room temperature. The steady state experiments exhibited an emission maximum at 650 nm with full width at half maximum of ~ 85 nm, and strong fir...

Colloidal quantum dots: synthesis, properties and applications

Tuning the Luminescence of CdS Quantum Dots by a Simple Method

In this report, we present a facile approach for the synthesis of luminescent CdS and CdS:Mn+2 nanocrystals by reaction of CdSO4 and Na2S2O3 in the presence of thioglycerol (C3H8O2S) as capping agent. The influence of various experimental variables including, pH values and percentage of dopant, on the growth...

Size-dependent optical properties of colloidal PbS quantum dots.

We quantitatively investigate the size-dependent optical properties of colloidal PbS nanocrystals or quantum dots (Qdots), by combining the Qdot absorbance spectra with detailed elemental analysis of the Qdot suspensions. At high energies, the molar extinction coefficient epsilon increases with the Qdot volume d(3) and agrees with theoretical calculations using the Maxwell-Garnett effective med...

NIR-emitting colloidal quantum dots having 26% luminescence quantum yield in buffer solution.

Efficient infrared lumophores are urgently needed in a host of biological sensing applications.1 Such applications demand light emitters that meet a number of requirements simultaneously. First, the light-emitting species must be stable and bright (quantum yield >10%) under biologically relevant conditions including buffered conditions. In addition, emission in the near-IR (NIR) and shortwavele...