Abstract
Aberration-corrected Z-contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy of core/shell nanocrystals shows clear correlations between structure and quantum efficiency. Uniform shell coverage is obtained only for a graded CdS/ZnS shell material and is found to be critical to achieving near 100% quantum yield. The sublattice sensitivity of the images confirms that preferential growth takes place on the anion-terminated surfaces. This explains the three-dimensional "nanobullet" shape observed in the case of core/shell nanorods.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1496-1501 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nano Letters |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2006 |
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Structural basis for near unity quantum yield core/shell nanostructures. / Mcbride, James; Treadway, Joe; Feldman, Leonard C; Pennycook, Stephen J.; Rosenthal, Sandra J.
In: Nano Letters, Vol. 6, No. 7, 07.2006, p. 1496-1501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Mcbride, James
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N2 - Aberration-corrected Z-contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy of core/shell nanocrystals shows clear correlations between structure and quantum efficiency. Uniform shell coverage is obtained only for a graded CdS/ZnS shell material and is found to be critical to achieving near 100% quantum yield. The sublattice sensitivity of the images confirms that preferential growth takes place on the anion-terminated surfaces. This explains the three-dimensional "nanobullet" shape observed in the case of core/shell nanorods.
AB - Aberration-corrected Z-contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy of core/shell nanocrystals shows clear correlations between structure and quantum efficiency. Uniform shell coverage is obtained only for a graded CdS/ZnS shell material and is found to be critical to achieving near 100% quantum yield. The sublattice sensitivity of the images confirms that preferential growth takes place on the anion-terminated surfaces. This explains the three-dimensional "nanobullet" shape observed in the case of core/shell nanorods.
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