3D Assembly of Semiconductor and Metal Nanocrystals: Hybrid CdTe/Au Structures with Controlled Content.
Summary of "3D Assembly of Semiconductor and Metal Nanocrystals: Hybrid CdTe/Au Structures with Controlled Content."
A 3D metal ion assisted assembly of nanoparticles has been developed. The approach relies on the efficient complexation of cadmium ions and 5-mercaptomethyltetrazole employed as the stabilizer of both colloidal CdTe and Au nanoparticles. It enables in a facile way the formation of hybrid metal-semiconductor 3D structures with controllable and tunable composition in aqueous media. By means of critical point drying, these assemblies form highly porous aerogels. The hybrid architectures obtained are characterized by electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption, and optical spectroscopy methods.
Affiliation
Physical Chemistry, TU Dresden , Bergstr. 66b, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society
ISSN: 1520-5126
Pages: 13413-13420
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21777003
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja202068s
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Two-hybrid System Techniques
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Lasers with a semiconductor diode as the active medium. Diode lasers transform electric energy to light using the same principle as a light-emitting diode (LED), but with internal reflection capability, thus forming a resonator where a stimulated light can reflect back and forth, allowing only a certain wavelength to be emitted. The emission of a given device is determined by the active compound used (e.g., gallium arsenide crystals doped with aluminum or indium). Typical wavelengths are 810, 1,060 and 1,300 nm. (From UMDNS, 2005)
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