Thermally Controlled Cyclic Insertion/Ejection of Dopant Ions and Reversible Zinc Blende/Wurtzite Phase Changes in ZnS Nanostructures

Karan, Niladri S and Sarkar, Suresh and Sarma, DD and Kundu, Paromita and Ravishankar, N and Pradhan, Narayan (2011) Thermally Controlled Cyclic Insertion/Ejection of Dopant Ions and Reversible Zinc Blende/Wurtzite Phase Changes in ZnS Nanostructures. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (6). pp. 1666-1669.

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Abstract

We report a reversible phase transformation of platelet-shaped ZnS nanostructures between wurtzite (WZ) and zinc blende (ZB) phases by reversible insertion/ ejection of dopant Mn(II) ions induced by a thermocyclic process. In a reaction flask loaded with WZ ZnS platelets and Mn molecular precursors, during heating Mn ions are incorporated and change the phase of the host nanostructures to ZB; during cooling Mn ions are spontaneously ejected, returning the host nanoplatelets to the original WZ phase. These reversible changes are monitored for several cycles with PL, EPR, XRD, and HRTEM. Interestingly, the (0001) WZ platelets transform to (110) ZB following a nucleation and growth process triggered by a local increase/depletion of the Mn2+ concentration in the nanocrystals.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Chemical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2011 06:16
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2011 06:16
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/37567

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