This paper reports on durable and nearly temperature-independent (at 298-328 K) T-type photochromism of colloidal Cu-doped ZnS nanocrystals (NCs). The color NC powder changes from pale yellow to dark gray by UV light irradiation, the back a time scale several tens seconds minutes after stopping while decoloration reaction is accelerated submillisecond in solutions. much faster than those conven...

A new room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) mercury ions sensor has been developed based on cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-capped Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots (CTAB/Mn-ZnS QDs) and label-free thymine (T)-rich aptamer. The formed T-Hg(2+)-T dsDNA can linearly quench the RTP of Mn-ZnS QDs through electron transfer and aggregation effect, and give a detection limit of 1.5 nM.

A general approach for the synthesis of manganese-doped II-VI and III-V nanowires based on metal nanocluster-catalyzed chemical vapor deposition has been developed. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy studies of Mn-doped CdS, ZnS, and GaN nanowires demonstrate that the nanowires are single-crystal structures and homogeneously doped with cont...

Ag-doped ZnS nanocrystals were synthesized by hydrothermal method in propanetriol solutions. X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) characterizations were used to determine the structure and morphology of ZnS: Ag nanocrystals. The as-prepared nanoparticles are approx...

CuGaS2, (AgInS2)x-(ZnS)2-2x, Ag2ZnGeS4, Ni- or Pb-doped ZnS, (ZnS)0.9-(CuCl)0.1, and ZnGa0.5In1.5S4 showed activities for CO2 reduction to form CO and/or HCOOH in an aqueous solution containing K2SO3 and Na2S as electron donors under visible light irradiation. Among them, CuGaS2 and Ni-doped ZnS photocatalysts showed relatively high activities for CO and HCOOH formation, respectively. CuGaS2 wa...

The effects of ZnS/Metal/ZnS multilayer anodes, including ZnS/Au/ZnS (ZAuZ), ZnS/Ag/ZnS (ZAgZ) and ZnS/Cu/ZnS (ZCuZ) on device performance in organic light emitting diodes based on rubrene were investigated systematically. The device with ZAuZ as anode gave an improved performance comparable with ITO based devices. A low driving voltage of 5.61 V and a high luminance of 1836 cd/m were obtained ...

A series of mixed crystals composed of Cu(2)ZnSnS(4), Ag(2)ZnSnS(4) and ZnS was prepared by co-precipitation of the corresponding metal ions in aqueous sodium sulfide followed by annealing in a sulfur atmosphere. Ideal solid solutions of Cu(2)ZnSnS(4) and Ag(2)ZnSnS(4) with a kesterite structure ((Cu(x)Ag(1-x))(2)ZnSnS(4) (0 ≤x≤ 1)) were successfully obtained by this procedure, as confirmed by ...

Multi-colour emitting doped ZnS nanocrystals surface capped with pyridine (P-ZnS) or polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP-ZnS) have been synthesized by wet chemical methods. The photoluminescence studies show that the dopant related emission from P-ZnS nanocrystals are caused by the energy transfer from band-to-band excitation of the host lattice. However, in the case of PVP capped ZnS, considerable enha...