White Light from $Mn^{2+}$-Doped CdS Nanocrystals: A New Approach

Nag, Angshuman and Sarma, DD (2007) White Light from $Mn^{2+}$-Doped CdS Nanocrystals: A New Approach. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111 (37). 13641 -13644.

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Abstract

We report the generation of white light from a simple transition-metal-doped semiconducting nanocrystal, namely, $Mn^{2+}$-doped CdS, for the first time by suitably tuning the relative surface-state emissions of the nanocrystal host and the dopant emission. White light emitted by these nanocrystals remains unchanged both in solution form as well as in the solid state and can be excited by a wide range of UV lights without disturbing the chromaticity; this desirable property arises from the intrinsic separation of the absorption energy and the emission energies due to a large stokes shift, thereby avoiding the vexing problem of self-absorption altogether.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Chemical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	04 Aug 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:48
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/15415

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