Coalescence of magic sized CdSe into rods and wires and subsequent energy transfer

Sengupta, Sucheta and Sarma, DD and Acharya, Somobrata (2011) Coalescence of magic sized CdSe into rods and wires and subsequent energy transfer. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (31). pp. 11585-11591.

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Abstract

We report on the synthesis of CdSe magic-sized clusters (MSCs) and their evolution into 1D rod and wires retaining the diameter of the order of MSCs. At the beginning of the reaction, different classes of stable MSCs with band gaps of 3.02 eV and 2.57 eV are formed, which exhibit sharp band edge photoluminescence features with FWHM in the order of similar to 13 nm. Reaction annealing time was carried out in order to monitor the shape evolution of the MSCs. We find that magic sized CdSe evolve into 1D rod and wires retaining the same diameter upon increasing annealing time. We observed the gradual emergence of new red shifted emission peaks during this shape evolution process, which emerge as a result of one dimensional energy transfer within the magic sized clusters during their subsequent transformation into rods and wires. The smallest, the second smallest sized MSC and the wires sequentially act as donors and acceptors during the size evolution from small MSCs to larger ones, and then eventually to wires. Steady-state and time-resolved luminescent spectroscopy revealed Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the MSCs to the rods and wires.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Materials Chemistry
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2011 06:50
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2011 06:50
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39963

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